Wicked Coming to Omaha

Wicked is coming to Omaha, Nebraska, and tickets will be going on sale on March 6th, 2009, at the Orpheum Box Office. Wicked will be opening at the Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, April 6, at 7.30 pm. Wicked tickets are already available, however, through StubHub.com, a leading source for fan-to-fan tickets. So get your tickets here, and avoid the long lines that will be appearing in Omaha the day the tickets go on sale.

Wicked is the hit Broadway Musical that has been the talk of Braodway since it first opened on Broadway in 2003. The musical, based on a book by Gregory Maguire, has become one of the biggest sensations of all time. This great musical is a perfect way to enjoy an evening out, and as the biggest selling show on Broadway now in its sixth year running, you know it’s going to be a great show. Enjoy Broadway’s favorite show in your own home town, and order your tickets toady!

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Madame Alexander Makes Wicked Dolls

The well-known maker of dolls, Madame Alexander company, has recently released their newest line of dolls based on some of the characters in the hit Broadway show Wicked.  The collection includes Madame Morrible, resplendent in her blue, green and gold costume that is very similar to the stage character. The collection also has a First Day of Shiz Elphaba doll, complete with green skin, blue costume, boots and glasses. The First Day at Shiz Glinda doll is complete with curly golden hair, white costume and blue-toed shoes.

Drawing from later in the musical, there is also an Elphaba doll, complete with her ragged, many-layered red and black dress. Even the tilt of the doll’s head is a delightful representation of the character’s later appearence in the show. Also from the second act is a Glinda doll, resplendent in a shimmering blue dress complete with tiara and wand.

Wicked tickets will take you to a world that will take your imagination to new heights, challenge your preconceptions about the world, and tell you a story that will touch your hearts. This is a great experience for those who love the theater, and tickets are now available here at StubHub.com.

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Reminiscence on Wicked

Most Americans will have, at some point in our lives, seen the movie Wizard of Oz. Most of us will only remember the film vaguely from our childhood, recalling something of the lines:

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead.

Which Old Witch? The Wicked Witch!

Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is dead!

The song that the munchkins sing when Dorothy’s house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East. And then we may also recall, if somewhat vaguely, the song “We’re Off to See The Wizard.” The song where Dorothy and the Scarecrow head off on a wild adventure across Oz, meeting the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion along the way.

But, sometime in 1995 our entire perception of Dorothy, the Wizard and the Wicked Witch of the West were comepletely turned on their heads when Gregory Maguire published his book Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book took the story, turned it around and set it on its head. Then in 2003, the musical had its world premiere in San Francisco, and we were all completely taken aback.

In Wicked we meet a girl that is barely recognizable as the Wicked Witch that Dorothy melts in the Wizard of Oz. Instead we find ourselves face-to-face with a young woman whose green skin is the only thing to connect her to the witch.  Her fiery spirit and passionate care for truth, life and others is something entirely different from the wicked green woman who imprisoned the flying monkeys and wrecked havoc with Dorothy and her friends. This incredibly fascinating musical is currently playing in Appleton, Wisconsin; New York; and San Francisco, California. Get your Wicked tickets today!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 - Post a comment

Wicked’s Second National Tour Cast

Wicked is launching its second national tour soon, and the new cast has just been announced. The hit Broadway musical that has continued to sell over a million worth of tickets every week on Broadway, despite it being in its sixth year, is definitely the most popular show today.

Marcie Dodd will be playing the roll of Elphaba, the green-skinned teenager who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Dodd will be coming directly from the Broadway production of Wicked where she filled the role of Elphaba. This will not be her first time starring in a Wicked national tour. Helene Yorke will be filling the role of Glinda, Madame Morrible will be played by Marilyn Cakey and the Wizard is Tom McGowan.

Other actors in the second national tour include David de Vries as Doctor Dillamond, Colin Donnel as Fiyero, Ted Ely as Boq, Kristine Reese as Nassarose, and Carrie Manalakos as the standby for Elphaba. Get your Wicked tickets to see the second national tour on a stage near you!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2009 - Post a comment

Stephen Schwartz Wins the Rodgers Award

Stephen Schwartz is a well-known composer and lyricist of musical theatre whose repertoire to date includes the musicals Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and The Magic Show to name a few. He has also contributed to the Disney animated films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Prince of Egypt. For nearly 40 years, he has been devoted to musical theatre and left an indellible mark on the stage. On May 9th, The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera will honor his devotion to the stage by presenting him with the 12th annual Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theater.

Shwartz’s biggest musical so far is Wicked, the hit Broadway musical about the witches of Oz before Dorothy and her house arrive on the scene.  Wicked tickets are currently available at StubHub.com, the leading sight for fan-to-fan ticket sale. The musical is incredibly popular and has won several Tony Awards. In addition to his award for Wicked, Schwartz has also won awards for Pippin, Godspell, Working, Wicked and for his lyrics to Rags. He has also received Academy Awards for Pocahontas and Prince of Egypt, as well as receiving nominations for work he did on the popular movie Enchanted.

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The Word Wicked

Wicked the hit Broadway musical, is a story that challenges traditional concepts of what it means to be “good” and what it means to be “wicked.” The word, according to traditional definitions means:

  • Morally bad in regards to principle or practice.
  • Sinful, or having given oneself over to the practice of unrighteous acts.
  • Severe, intensely wrong/bad or unpleasant.
  • Something that disgusts, arousing distaste, aversion or disgust.
  • Also associated with the world “evil.”

The word has also come to mean many different things in popularly used slang, including:

  1. Very good or excellent, also meaning cool. when used as an adjective.
  2. Very, really or extremely; when it is used as an adverb. Especially in the UK.

In the book Wicked, the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West and the musical Wicked, the word is treated as a social justification for the creation of a scapegoat.

This fascinating musical turns previous social norms, and the traditional stories of  Oz, first written by L. Frank Baum in 1901. Be sure to get your Wicked tickets soon. And enjoy one of the most popular and exciting musicals of the decade!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2009 - Post a comment

Wicked TV Special in San Francisco

Wicked is now enjoy its return to the San Francisco stage, the city where it made its world premier, before launching a very successful attack on New York…not to mention the rest of the world. The musical began performances at the Orpheum Theatre on January sevent, will be broadcasting a TV special on Monday, February 8. The program will run for a half an hour, and will be airing at four on ABC/KGO 7, San Francisco. And the program will be following the journey of Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of The West by Gregory Maguire, on its journey to the stage.

Featuring in program will be award-winning lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz, who will be telling the story. The program will also include special backstage footage and interviews with actors. In addition several San Fracisco landmarks are being lit green, now through February sixth, to honor the musical. Buildings being lit green include San Francisco City Hall, Coit Tower, and the Ferry Building. The War Memorial Veterans Building will be green for one day, on February sixth.

Wicked tickets for San Francisco are currently available here, at http://www.stubhub.com/. StubHub is a great source for fan-to-fan tickets, providing theater-goers with a chance to find the best seats in the house, even on sold out shows. Don’t delay in buying tickets, though, because this musical is so popular the tickets don’t remain on StubHub for long.

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Today’s Elphabas

Wicked, the Musical is currently playing at seven locations world-wide, with another to be added soon, when the second national tour gets started in March. The women playing Elphaba have proven themselves to be talented and the part has brought fame to many of the actresses who have performed it. Wicked tickets will give you the chance to see some of the hottest new actresses on Broadway in the hottest Broadway show of this decade.
Today the role of Elphaba in New York is filled by Nicole  Parker, formerly of MADtv, who had already gained renown on Broadway in the show Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. In San Francisco the part is filled by Teal Wicks, who recently returned to the role that she previously played in Los Angeles. On Tour, and currently in Applegate, Wisconsin, is Donna Vivino who also previously appeared on Broadway in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me.

Internationally in London Elphaba is played by Kerry Ellis, who previously played the role on Broadway. In Tokyo the part is played by Hamada Megumi. In Stuttgart, Germany, the role is filed by Willemijn Verkaik. And in Melbourne, Australia, the role is filled by Amanda Harrison, who mayed her professional debut at age 18, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love.

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2009 - Post a comment

“Wicked” Boost for Appleton

Wicked begins its first Wisconsin run in Appleton tomorrow evening. The show is predicted to generate an economic boost for the city, which will definitely be welcome in today’s economic crisis. With the musical on stage for a month Appleton’s restaurant and hotel industries are predicted to make up to an extra several hundred thousand in sales. The tickets for the show sold rapidly and if you want to get tickets seated together, its probably best to get them from StubHub.com, your source for fan-to-fan tickets.

Fans are predicted to spend around $1.60 for every dollar that they spent on the ticket, giving the local economy a step upward for the year. The musical is about a young woman, Elphaba, who grows up to become the Wicked Witch of the West and her friend Glinda, who later becomes Glinda the Good Witch. The story is one that takes the original stories of Oz and stands them on their head, making the musical one that adults can enjoy fully and children still like to see. This is a great musical, so get your Wicked tickets today!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2009 - Post a comment

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.

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2009 - Post a comment


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