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Wicked to Close Its Curtains in San Francisco
The record breaking run of “Wicked” in San Francisco is coming to a close. The return engagement for the incredibly popular prequel to the “Wizard of Oz” will be closing on September 5, following 660 performances in San Francisco, the city where “Wicked” first was born and got its start. Theater officials are saying that…
Wicked Pours $17.3 Million into Des Moines Economy
It’s official now: the green witch has defeated the big cat. Wicked, the Broadway musical, set a new box office record for one week sales at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines. It easily broke the previous record set in 2006 by The Lion King. Wicked also did a much better job of getting…
Wicked Tour | 2020 Wicked National Tour Dates – Part 19
The original name for the George Gershwin Theatre was the Uris. In 1972 when it first opened, the Uris was the next large Broadway theatre to have been built since 1931 when the Earl Carroll was constructed. It occupied six stories in the new Uris Building at Fifty First and Broadway, the former site of…
Archive for March, 2008
Wicked Closes in Chicago Posted by Julie Harmon On March – 26 – 2008 It is expected that David Stone, producer of the unprecedented “Wicked” Chicago production, will announce on Wednesday that the show will ring the final curtain down at the Oriental Theatre following the 1,500 performance on January 25, 2009. By the time…
Wicked Fort Myers | Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Broadway hit and award winning musical Wicked will bring its fantasy filled production full of whimsical characters, unforgettable music and its heartwarming story to the south in spring next year as part of its ongoing tour. Catch the musical when it stages a two week run at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts House at…
Wicked Tour | 2020 Wicked National Tour Dates – Part 11
The cacophony is organized. Approximately 20 workers move around on the cluttered and deep Miller Auditorium stage, shifting parts in the massive set for “Wicked” that is being assembled. From different parts of the stage instructions are shouted, as the workers fight to be heard over the nearly continuous hammering. A technician yells up as…