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Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Wicked is currently performing at Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater and continue through Sunday, January 22, 2012. Wicked, the latest offering from the Artist Series in Jacksonville, is a technically lavish, expertly performed production of the immensely entertaining and hugely popular show that has been running on Broadway since 2003.

Anne Brummel (left) as Elphaba and Tiffany Haas as Glinda in Wicked Musical at the Times-Union Center's Moran Theater

Anne Brummel (left) as Elphaba and Tiffany Haas as Glinda in Wicked Musical at the Times-Union Center's Moran Theater

It provides a clever backstory to Elphaba, the mean and green Wicked Witch of the West played by Margaret Hamilton in the iconic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” but has never been a critical darling. But the characters are fascinating and the plot dovetails satisfyingly with the familiar story we know from the movie. Dorothy’s trip to Oz coincides with the last half of the second act and while she is never seen on stage, she is referenced in several scenes.

The story centers on Elphaba, a young woman born with green skin and mysterious powers, a permanent outsider who strikes unlikely alliances at school with the dazzlingly popular Glinda (soon to be the good witch) and the dashingly irresponsible Fiyero. When she learns that the animals of Oz, once treated as equals to humans, are being oppressed, Elphaba becomes an unlikely animal-rights advocate and a social outcast.

The touring version now at the Moran Theater in The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts works wonderfully well. Anne Brummel makes a fierce Elphaba and Tiffany Haas a bubbly, self-absorbed Glinda. Don Amendolia is expert as the humbug Wizard and Timothy Britten Parker makes a terrific goatman as Dr. Dillamond.

The sets, costumes and special effects are dazzling as Glinda flies around in her bubble and Elphaba on her broom, while the Wizard’s mechanical head roars and belches smoke.

Read the complete review {Via Jacksonville.com}

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Friday, December 30th, 2011

Wicked Tour will make a stop at Jacksonville Florida next week for the performances at Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater starting January 04 through Sunday, January 22, 2012.

The first stage version played on Broadway in 1902. The musical “The Wiz,” which featured a black cast, was a Broadway hit in 1975 and a movie in 1978. Last year, The Artist Series brought a meticulously faithful-to-the-movie stage version of “The Wizard of Oz” to the Moran Theater.

Like many Americans of his generation, Stephen Schwartz, 63, got his first exposure to the world of Oz when he watched an early television screening of the 1939 movie, “The Wizard of Oz.”

Unlike most of those who fell under the spell of the iconic movie, Schwartz got a chance to create his own variation on the Oz story when he wrote the music and lyrics for “Wicked.” That musical has been running on Broadway since 2003 and a touring production will come to Jacksonville Wednesday, January 04 2012 for 31 performances over 19 days.

Schwartz said that Oz’s ongoing appeal is partly attributable to the fact that it is, like “Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars,” an archetypal quest story.

What “Wicked” also does, Schwartz noted, is take that beloved story and “turn the whole thing on its head.”

At the time he became aware of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” Schwartz had sworn off Broadway. The composer, who launched his career with the Broadway hits “Godspell” (1971) and “Pippin” (1972), spent the 1990s writing music for animated films such as “Pocahantas,” for which he won two Academy Awards.

But Schwartz said he knew as soon as he read “Wicked” that he yearned for Broadway again.

Read the complete story {Via Jacksonville.com}

Wicked will play at Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater through January 22, 2012. Buy Wicked Jacksonville FL Tickets Online. Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 OFF on Wicked Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater Tickets Orders over $350!

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, Wicked will be returning to Jacksonville at the Times-Union Center’s Moran Theater from January 4 to 22, 2012 for 24 performances. Wicked broke box office records and sold out in record time in 2009. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Sunday, October 16th. Wicked Jacksonville FL Tickets are on sale online now if you do not want to stand in big lines.

“I’m delighted to announce the return of Wicked for Jacksonville. It will be a thrill for our audiences to experience the excitement that Wicked will bring once again to the Moran Theater at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts,” said The Artist Series Executive Director, Milt Russos. “This is a show that the entire family can enjoy. The producers of Wicked deserve kudos for making such a high-quality show available for the national tour.”

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Wicked Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater Performance Schedule:
January 4 – 7:30pm
January 5 – 1:30pm & 7:30pm
January 6 – 8:00pm
January 7 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm
January 8 – 1:30pm & 7:00pm
January 10 – 7:30pm
January 11 – 7:30pm
January 12 – 7:30pm
January 13 – 8:00pm
January 14 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm
January 15 – 1:30pm & 7:00pm
January 17 – 7:30pm
January 18 – 7:30pm
January 19 – 7:30pm
January 20 – 8:00pm
January 21 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm
January 22 – 1:30pm & 7:00pm

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento. 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.

Wicked will be performing in Jacksonville FL till January 22, 2012. Buy Wicked Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater Tickets Online, Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 off on Orders over $350!

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