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Wicked: the Broadway Musical versus the Novel
Wicked, the Broadway musical, is a spectacular and colorful yet at the same time dark show that will amaze and mesmerize you for two and a half hours. The Broadway show Wicked is an adaptation of the best selling novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West….
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 Tour Signs on New Wizard and Bog
The company for Wicked’s second tour of North America is welcoming Zach Hanna playing Boq and Don Amendolia playing the Wizard in Schenectady, NY on December 9. The Broadway credits of Amendolia include My One and Only and Stepping Out. He also appeared in The Firebugs, Cloud Nine (as part of the original cast), Dedication…
Wicked Opens Australian National Tour in Adelaide
On Friday, the Australian “Wicked” production opened in Adelaide as part of their National Tour. “Wicked” will play at Festival Theatre until at least May 26. According to a report from AdelaideNow, at the media preview yesterday Bert Newton quizzed producer John Frost about the amount of money being made by the show. Frost said,…
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Wicked Memphis | Orpheum Theatre Posted by Julie Harmon On January – 25 – 2009 Wicked was last in Memphis, Tennessee playing the Orpheum Theatre from June 24 – July 12, 2009. Wicked tickets for the Memphis show were sold through Ticketmaster. The Wicked Memphis cast was comprised of Marci Dodd (Elphaba) and Heléne Yorke…
‘Wicked’ Topples ‘Spiderman’ to Regain Top Spot at Broadway Box Office
The winter doldrums, as is usual for this point in the year, have arrived at a majority of the box offices on Broadway. Last week, many plays and musicals had rows of empty seats. Nineteen out of the 40 houses on Broadway were dark due to shows being on hiatus or closing. Last week Broadway…