“Wicked” celebrates 1,000th performance in national tour

“Wicked” the musical celebrated its 1,000th run on Aug. 15 in a national tour that the company launched more than two years ago in Toronto’s Canon Theatre, according to an Aug. 15 article posted at Playbill.com. Since that time, the production has been experienced by more than 2.65 million spectators and has played in many big cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington D.C. and the tour is tentatively scheduled to continue through January 2008. The touring company features Victoria Matlock as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the Good Witch of the East, is played by actress Christina DeCicco. Accompanying cast includes Barbara Tirrell as Madame Morrible and P.J. Benjamin as The Wizard. The Broadway hit musical, written by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman and based on the nobel by Gregory Maguire, is now playing at the Academy of Muisc in Philadelphia, PA, through Sept. 9.

“Wicked” unveils the history of the land of Oz and the witches, both good and wicked, who live there. Elphaba and Glinda meet as youngsters at sorcery school, where the unlikely pair are accidentally made roommates. After learning a few crucial lessons, the two begin to understand each other a bit more and their lives continue to intersect as they share a love interest and journey to the Emerald City. The musical is also playing at New York’s Gershwin Theatre, Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre, Chicago’s Ford Center Oriental Theatre, London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre and in Tokyo, Japan. Shows in Stutgart, Germany open Nov. 15 and in Melbourne Australia on July 12, 2008. For Wicked tickets, visit Stubhub.com for all the best deals.

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