Witchy tale wows crowd at Boston Opera House. Jackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz are Amazing in Wicked at the Boston Opera House.

Jackie Burns as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch, and Chandra Lee Schwartz as Galinda, in “Wicked,’’ at the Boston Opera House

By now, seven years into the “Wicked’’ phenomenon, it is clear that this revisionist take on “The Wizard of Oz,’’ one of the most potent myths of the 20th century, has established a pretty potent 21st-century myth of its own.

Boston Opera House is full with the response of the largely female audience to “Wicked’’. While it’s an uneven production, the reality is that each iteration of this musical rises or falls on the strength of its Elphaba, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch — and in Jackie Burns, this “Wicked’’ boasts an Elphaba who could go broom to broom against Idina Menzel herself. Whether she is belting out a truly stunning version of “Defying Gravity’’ to close the first act or cracking your heart by confessing, brokenly, that “I’m Not That Girl,’’ Burns brings a richness of emotional coloration to the role of the green-skinned outcast who discovers that she has supernatural powers. The rest of the cast does not match Burns’s level of radiant intensity, and there are some dead spots between the musical numbers.

Chandra Lee Schwartz plays the other key role, Glinda as a kind of cross between Reese Witherspoon’s Elle in “Legally Blonde’’ and Teri Garr’s Inga in Mel Brooks’s “Young Frankenstein.’’ Luckily for this “Wicked,’’ Jackie Burns retains full possession of her powers of song, from start to finish.

Wicked is performing at Boston Opera House in Boston, MA Through Oct. 17. Tickets $38-$108

Now the most successful musical of modern times returns to the Hub with a seven week engagement at the Boston Opera House beginning Sept. 1.

Venue: Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111
Schedule: Sept. 1, 2010 to Oct. 17, 2010

The last time it came to town, “Wicked” broke all box office records and sold out in record time.

The show also stars Rhode Island native Richard H. Blake as Fiyero, the prince caught between the show’s two main characters: Glinda, who would one day become the Good Witch of the North and Elphaba, the green-skinned girl who became the Wicked Witch of the West.

The musical has been called “a cultural phenomenon” by Variety and just named “the defining musical of the decade” by The New York Times.

The tickets of this sensational show are within your reach now. We hope that you enjoy your Wicked experience – Buy Wicked Boston MA Tickets Online.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time when the show last played Boston, Wicked, the smash-hit musical, will return to the Boston Opera House for a limited engagement September 1 – October 17. Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three 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.

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. 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 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 is part of the Lexus Boston Area Dealers Broadway Across America – Boston Series.

PERFORMANCES ARE: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm
(Please note: additional matinee on Thursday 9/2 at 1pm)
Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday at 2pm and 7:30pm
Ticket Prices: $38.00 – $103.00

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{Via BroadwayWorld.com}