Tickets to Wicked went on sale at 7AM this morning at the Morrison Center box office and sales have been brisk. Early this morning, about 50 people huddled against the wind waiting to buy tickets to the Broadway musical Wicked.

This will be a record-breaking engagement for Boise. Wicked is a phenomenon that resonates around the country and Boise is without exception. This is the first national touring company of one of the most popular Broadway musicals in history. It’s the first time since “The Producers” in 2004 that a first national tour has hit Boise.

Wicked will be at the Morrison Center for the period of May 4 to May 15. Current availability leans towards the opening night, Wednesday, May 4th,Thursday, May 5th at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 8th & 15th performances. The sold out shows are 8 p.m. Friday May 6 and 13; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday May 7 and 14.

Due to the unprecedented demand for tickets to Wicked, it is likely that the Boise engagement of Wicked will sell out in record time. Have you already booked your tickes to see Wicked in Boise, Idaho? If not, Hurry, as Wicked Morrison Center Tickets are flying out the door.

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The popular musical Wicked returns to the Pantages Theatre from November 30, 2011 and performing through January 22, 2012. Wicked broke box office records and sold out in record time When it first played the Pantages. Now back by “Popular” demand, “Wicked” returns to its Los Angeles home for a limited engagement, Only for 8 Weeks.

“I’m very pleased that we have secured a return of ‘Wicked’ for Los Angeles. It has been a thrill to have so much excitement at the Pantages Theatre again,” said the theatre’s General Manager, Martin Wiviott. “In my opinion, the national tour is even better than the Broadway production, which I also loved. The producers of ‘Wicked’ should be complimented for sending out such a high-quality show.”

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell,” “Pippin,” Academy Award-winner for “Pocahontas” and “The Prince of Egypt”) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So-Called Life,” “Once And Again” and “thirtysomething”), “Wicked,” the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (“Take Me Out,” “Love! Valour! Compassion!,” “The Vagina Monologues”) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (“Aida,” “The Who’s Tommy,” “ How To Succeed…”).

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One – born with emerald-green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. “Wicked” tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

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Wicked will be visiting Boise, Idaho from Wednesday, May 04 to Sunday, May 15, 2011. Wicked Sale is in full swing Online and it is likely that the Boise engagement will sell out in record time.

Wicked will play at Morrison Center for the Performing Arts and times of performances are as follows:

May 4 – 7:30 p.m.
May 5 – 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
May 6 – 8:00 p.m.
May 7 – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
May 8 – 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
May 10 through 12 – 7:30 p.m.
May 13 – 8:00 p.m.
May 14 – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
May 15 – 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

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Wicked touring San Antonio for almost 3-week run to the Majestic Theatre from February 16, 2011 and is in the final week of the performance closing on March 06, 2011.

The Wicked Witch of the West of the musical “Wicked” is very much her own entity. Wicked musical is adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel and which finally gave her the dignity of a first name — Elphaba.

In the show, she is a misunderstood, idealistic young woman, ostracized because of her green skin and lack of social skills. She finally comes into her own when she realizes that she has become an unwitting pawn in a political game waged by the deceitful Wizard of Oz.

The deeply satisfying tale is unfolding on the Majestic Theatre stage. It’s a welcome return — the show last swung through two years ago, and fans have been clamoring to see it again ever since.

Anne Brummel plays Elphaba with great spirit and wit. She also raises the requisite goose bumps with her renderings of “Defying Gravity,” the show-stopper in which the witch first takes to the sky, and “No Good Deed,” in which she decides to embrace the misconceptions about her.

Natalie Daradich is a lot of fun to watch as Glinda, particularly in the makeover scene, though there’s more to her than comic relief. Daradich also captures Glinda’s growth from a young woman so selfish that her knees give out when she doesn’t get her way to someone who actually stands up to the Wizard.

The special effects and the overall look of the show remain a great big wow, from Glinda’s arrival via giant bubble (accompanied by lots of soap bubbles) all the way to the low-tech way Dorothy’s assault on the witch is portrayed.

It’s a fantastic show.

{Via MySanAntonio.com}

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On Broadway, Wicked grossed $1,526,036 and had a 97.4% attendance rate for the week ending February 20, 2011 and was 0.5% more than the last week. Wicked reported increase over the previous week’s box office. Last week’s biggest earning show on Broadway wasn’t “Wicked” or “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” It was an old show (Lion King) that can still roar. The 22 shows on the boards grossed $16,930,141, 10.77% more than that of the previous week.

Below are the Top 10 Grosses for the week ending February 20, 2011.

1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,534,779
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,526,036
3. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,476,828
4. American Idiot – (ST. JAMES) $1,144,030
5. The Merchant Of Venice – (BROADHURST) $1,125,273
6. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $986,328
7. The Addams Family – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $949,966
8. Billy Elliot: The Musical – (IMPERIAL) $873,024
9. Mary Poppins – (NEW AMSTERDAM) $870,028
10. MAMMA MIA! – (WINTER GARDEN) $764,201

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Wicked, Broadway blockbuster, the musical story of Oz before Dorothy arrived, is coming to Vancouver BC Canada.

The play, based on the novel by Gregory MaGuire, will have its run at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from Wednesday, June 1 to Sunday June 26.

Wicked has won 35 major awards including a Grammy and three Tonys. The musical is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s Tommy, How To Succeed…). WICKED, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® Award and 3 Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

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Wicked the most anticipated musical production of the 2010 – 2011 Fred Meyer Broadway In Boise season will start on May 4, 2011.

Wicked, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney’s Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and “thirtysomething”), is based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire.

Wicked Boise engagement will sell out in record time. Wicked performance will begin at the Morrison Center starting from May 04 through May 15, 2011.

Wicked Musical show times:

May 4 – 7:30 p.m.
May 5 – 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
May 6 – 8:00 p.m.
May 7 – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
May 8 – 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
May 10 through 12 – 7:30 p.m.
May 13 – 8:00 p.m.
May 14 – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
May 15 – 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

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Broadway blockbuster ‘Wicked’ returns for a 5-week run to the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in downtown Orlando from February 23, 2011.

“We’ve been on the road for six years, so we pretty much have it down to a science,” Company Manager Steve Quinn told.

Most of the crew is local — about 80 out of 100. So the 20 touring crew members have a lot of explaining to do. “They assist the locals in assembling this big jigsaw puzzle,” Quinn said.

Perhaps one of the most familiar props to “Wicked” lovers is the big dragon, which was already in place Tuesday. But if you haven’t seen the musical, a lot of the backstage “stuff” probably doesn’t ring any bells. The bottom line is that everything the audience sees plays a part in revealing a little bit about the Wizard of Oz.

“There’s several “ah-ha” moments, I call them, that you kind of go, ‘Oh I never thought about that,’” Quinn said. “We figure out if Glinda the Good Witch is really good, and is the Wicked Witch really wicked. You need to come find that out.”

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Wicked is currently playing at Majestic Theatre in San Antonio TX and performing through March 06, 2011.

When Anne Brummel walks out of her dressing room, her flesh turned emerald green to play the lead in “Wicked,” she feels pretty darn good.

“Basically, the makeup goes on and creates her skin, and on top of that, they do a beautiful makeup job,” Brummel said. “Your face is contoured, your eyes pop because of the makeup they do on your eyes. It’s a beautiful application of makeup, so you feel very pretty. Leaving the dressing room, I’m pretty hot for a green girl.

“Sometimes, I think I look 10 times prettier green than I do normally.”

For her character, that green skin is a burden that makes life difficult. Her parents freak out about it, and she’s an outcast long before she takes on the accoutrements — that peaked black hat, the broom, the flying monkeys — that make her identifiable as the Wicked Witch of the West.

The events that helped set her on that path are traced in the musical, which is adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel. This week, the show began its second visit to the Majestic Theatre, where it played for nearly a month in 2009.

Brummel just took over the role full time a few weeks ago. She has been with the tour a little more than two years, starting in the ensemble and eventually becoming the understudy for Elphaba (aka the Wicked Witch of the West, which is where the show gets its title).

She has avoided reading the book, because, she said, because she knew that Maguire’s story is pretty different from the one spun onstage.

“I didn’t want my interpretation to be changed by the novel,” she said. “Now that I’ve settled into the role, I’m very eager to read the book, now that I have what I perceive as the character. Now I think I’d be able to read it and enjoy it for the book that it is.”

Her favorite moments in the show are the biggies: “There’s the iconic ‘Defying Gravity’ — you can’t help but feel like a rock star by the end of that. The only thing that’s strange is, you don’t have any room to move around — you’re singing this huge song with very little space to move.”

She’s also fond of “No Good Deed,” “when Elphaba says, everything I do is misinterpreted and misunderstood; if you want me to be wicked, I will be wicked. It’s her last battle cry. I feel like that’s a great moment — you’ve got the wind behind your cape, and there’s smoke.”

{Via MySanantonio.com}

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Wicked tour welcomes Colin Hanlon as Fiyero on Tuesday, February 15 in Appleton, WI.

Hanlon joins a cast that includes Jackie Burns as Elphaba, Chandra Lee Schwartz as Glinda, Randy Danson as Madame Morrible and Mark Jacoby as the Wizard.

Hanlon’s Broadway/off-Broadway credits include Rent, Pirates of Penzance (Frederic) and I Love You Because (Austin; CD on PS Classics). Recently Colin was Luke in the regional premier of Next Fall at St. Louis Rep. He played Warren in Michael Mayer’s On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (New York Stage & Film). He’s worked at KC Rep, Westport Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Cape Cod Theatre Festival and the O’Neill Theater Center.

Wicked has “cast quite a spell” (Washington Post) throughout North America, breaking box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few.

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