Wicked Has Left Chicago

Wicked just finished its final week in Chicago, to the sorrow of many fans of the musical, some of whom have seen it more than once in the three years that it enjoyed Windy City hospitality. The musical once again broke box office records in its final, and 188th, week, selling $1,551,191 in ticket sales. During its Chicago run the musical renewed the interest in Chicago theater and prompted a much larger theater-going audience that had previously enjoyed the stage in that city.

Despite the sadness of Chicago fans, however, other cities are very excited as the end of the Chicago run means that it is just a little more than a month before the second national tour of Wicked is launched. It will be the first time that Wicked has had two separate national tours going at the same time. It also means that the show can visit cities that it has not been able to visit before. It also means that Wicked tickets will be able to spend an entire month in San Diego, to the delight of Southern Californians, as opposed to the mere two short weeks of last year.

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