Wicked, The Broadway hit, The Grammy and Tony-award winning musical started performances at the University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall from Wednesday, January 5 2011. The Centennial Hall Performances run through Sunday, January 23, 2011.

Wicked tells the story of two witches before Dorothy dropped into the Land of Oz. One – born with emerald green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. The musical follows how these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

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Wicked will be visiting Appleton, WI in January 2011. After breaking ticket office records and selling out in record time in 2009, Wicked, Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, will return to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton January 26 through February 20.

Wicked at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center – The performance schedule
Tuesday – Friday at 7:30 p.m.,
Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and
Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (excluding the evening performance on Sunday, February 20).
Special matinee performances will be presented on Thursday, January 27 and Thursday, February 17 at 2:00 p.m.

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.

“We’re thrilled to have Wicked back in the Fox Cities,” said Susan Stockton, president of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. “When we presented Wicked in 2009, we were overwhelmed by the community’s excitement. This second engagement is the perfect chance for those who missed it the first time to be part of the experience, and it’s a great opportunity for established fans to discover something new in a story they love.”

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Emmerdale actress Suzanne Shaw has revealed she would love to return to the West End at some point in the future, with Wicked high on her list of ideal shows.

The former Hear’Say singer has already appeared in Summer Holiday and Chicago in London since the reality TV pop group split in 2002, but she told the Mirror she would never say no to treading the boards again if the opportunity arose.

Suzanne Shaw has revealed she would love to return to the West End in the future

Sweet Charity recently closed in the West End following a successful run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, but Wicked is still going strong at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.

However, the producers recently announced that Louise Dearman will continue to play the role of Glinda after renewing her contract, so Shaw may have some time to wait if she wants to step into those particular shoes.

{ Via UK Theatre Tickets }

Wicked musical returns to Orlando in February 23, 2011.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007, Wicked, the smash-hit musical, will return to Orlando’s Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre February 23, 2011 and playing through March 27, 2011.

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The performance schedule is as follows:
The first week, February 23 – 27, 2011, Wicked will play evening performances at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, a Thursday and Saturday matinee at 2:00 p.m., a Sunday matinee at 1:00 p.m., and a Sunday evening performance at 6:30 p.m.

Following that, Wicked will play the remainder of its engagement, Tuesday February 28, through Sunday, March 27, 2011 with evening performances at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, a Saturday matinee at 2:00 p.m., a Sunday matinee at 1:00 p.m., and a Sunday evening performance.

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The Toronto Star’s Richard Ouzounian reports that the show, which just finished its third Toronto run, set the record for highest-earning week in Canadian theatre, grossing $1,986,319 for the week of November 28.

During the week that ended Nov. 28, the show grossed $1,986,319, making it the highest-earning week for a show in Canadian theatre history.

Over the course of the six weeks that Wicked played Toronto this time around, it took in a total of $11,459,475, breaking its own house record at the Canon Theatre five times.

Since opening in 2003, the show written by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman from the novel by Gregory Maguire has grossed $2 billion and played to 25 million people around the world.

Producer David Stone has previously gone on record as saying, “Toronto is one of our favourite cities to play.” There is no indication when, or if, a fourth edition of Wicked will be seen in Toronto.

Wicked is currently playing in Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago IL and Miller Auditorium – Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI.

The Broadway musical Wicked returns to Tulsa tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17.

Crews spent Tuesday getting ready for opening night. More than 130 carpenters rigged the stage with a massive dragon and a giant clock.

Crews on stage at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tuesday

“We bring the Broadway experience to Tulsa,” said Justin Klynsma, head carpenter. “This is a really big show. This is not cut down over the generation. This has all the bells and whistles.”

This is the second time the Broadway musical has come to Tulsa. The Tulsa Performing Arts center said last summer’s run broke box office records and sold out in record time.

Wicked opens Wednesday night, November 17, 2010 and runs through November 28, 2010 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in downtown Tulsa, OK.

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