Wicked’s Giving Side

Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz has worked with Wicked but though the fame came with the ten Tony Awards he has still managed to stay grounded. He is the artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop for years, giving master classes throughout the country. “‘Wicked’ is a very good show,” he said to the Dayton Daily News. “It’s understandable that is became a hit. But no one knows why a show goes from being a hit to becoming a phenomenon. I’ve been involved with two.” The Schwartz work has been separated by 28 years: “Godspell” opened in 1976 - “I had nothing to compare it to then. With ‘Wicked’ I do. Its success is a continual source of amazement for everyone involved. I don’t know how you could ever get used to that.” If you want to see how Wicked has embrased the giving side of Schwartz that has made Wicked tickets so popular over the years.

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2009 - Post a comment

Wicked Specialists

Wicked is celebrating its one year anniversary at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, according to the L & Si Online Magazine. Live Theatre Sound specialists System Sound P/L installed three units of ARX MSX 48 16 in, 48 Out ISO - Tranformer Microphone / Line Splitters to provide 48 channels of signal splitting and Isolation between the Yamaha PM 5 digital monitor console and two Cadac FOH Consoles being used for the show, according to website. The show is spectacular not only for its pyrotechnics but for it’s award winning script and acting, earning the company ten Tony Awards and most recently, the 5th anniversary celebration of it’s Broadway opening. The Wicked tour has seen four North American shows and three international companies that have totalled over $800 million and been viewed (and enjoyed) by 10 million people worldwide. So if you haven’t seen this spectacular show just yet, make sure that you get on it today with Wicked tickets while you still can!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2009 - Post a comment

American Idol Meets Wicked

Many think that American Idol is all a shame, but this season’s ‘top contestant,’ according to Simon Cowell and other judges, have had another thing coming when Adam Lambert stepped onto the stage. This season’s finalist was previously in Wicked for the Los Angeles show - which makes him one of the most successful performers prior to his appearance on the Fox television hit. He was in the ensemble but also made an apperance as the understudy to Fiyero, the love interest of both Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba, the eventual Wicked Witch of the West. There is currently a YouTube video of Lambert’s performance playing at jackonsville.com, so if you want to see Wicked Tickets with a bit of commercial exposure make sure that you’re there if and or when Lambert steps back onto the Broadway stages. There is no doubt that there will be much more acclaim via this role and others if Lambert steps back on them considering the clout that the show on Fox gives audiences - so don’t miss it!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2009 - Post a comment

Wicked

For everywhere that Wicked travels, it is amazing that its show is still just as equipped with the pyrotechnics that are included in so many other spectacular Broadway shows. But not one to fight the plight, Wicked brings aboard flying witches on broom sticks, bubble appearing good witches and flying monkeys (of course). Even if one doesn’t know the story adapted by Gregory Maguire, the show is mesmerizing and will surely be something you won’t want to miss as Wicked tickets remain avaliable throughout the year, no matter what city you are living in. Sure there are tons of critics that like to continuously critique every bit of parade that goes on in throughout the show but there is nothing wrong with a bit of Tony Award action when it comes times for praise. With lots of puff, bubblegum fun and more than the necessary song and dance excusion that applies to everyone in the system, it’s bound to be a great time. Make sure to pick up those tickets today!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2009 - Post a comment

Wicked in Jacksonville

A local Jacksonville resident is rejoicing in his ensemble role when his touring play, the much talked about “Wicked” appears this week. Torres changes costumes an immeasurable ammount during the over two hour show - in just the opening number Torress is wearing two costumes and must quickly drop his wig at the end of the song to put on something else. Graduating from the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in 1997 Torress (previously known as Daniel Cochran) is 30 and has been in and out of successful Broadway productions for years. In 2005 he starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Woman in White,” and later he did “The Pirate Queen,” neither of which lasted long. Now, he’s touring with Wicked. “It was a no-brainer for me,” he said to Jacksonville.com. “There aren’t many shows, and this is one of the biggest hits to come out of Broadway in a decade. It’s a job I can have for a while. The thing about “Wicked” is that it appeals to just about everyone. Everyone’s familiar with ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ This is just another look at it, a completely different point of view.” See Torres when he comes to Jacksonville with Wicked tickets today!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 - Post a comment

The ‘Wicked’ Passion

Fans came out in droves in a chance to win Wicked tickets this year in Salt Lake City. Two hours before each sold out performance in the city, fans get the chance to put their name in the witch’s cauldron and 30 minutes later the winners are called. The tour sells ten pairs of tickets for $50 each, cash only and they are amazing seats. “What I’ve found, is that in most markets, we’re typically in our last week before we hit numbers near 300 (people in line),” said Steve Quinn To Deseret News, company manager for the national tour, “but in this market, we’ve been pretty consistent.” Last week during the rains the highest number came out - 407, Quinn continued. “It’s beautiful here,  the architecture, the flowers at Temple Square. It’s been great,” Quinn commented on the energy at the shows, “It’s incredible. It’s almost like a rock concert in many ways. The energy is through the roof — these people have waited so long.” Some fans are back for more, like Berrett Maynard of Taylorsville who saw the show on its second night and has since stood in line eight more times. “The sets are incredible, Donna’s voice is amazing, I just fell in love with it. I’ll be here every night until it closes.”

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2009 - Post a comment

Salt Lake City’s Running Lotto

Salt Lake City is currently enjoying one of Broadway’s most recent shows, Wicked. The Capital Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah is currently enjoying the show that will run through May 3rd. If you haven’t picked up Wicked tickets for the show already, you might be out of luck, as general public tickets that went on sale in Decemeber sold out in a matter of hours. Right now, however, the company Arttix is offering up a ticket lottery for those who missed out on the opportunity to catch those early bird tickets. Two lucky winners will take home two tickets at twenty five dollars each for two hours prior to each of the remaining performances. The lottery is also offering ten pairs of tickets which can be purchased ninety minutes prior to each show. The lottery, as noted by the Salt Lake Theater Examiner, is cash only. Perforamnce times that will run through May 3rd are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30, Friday at Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 6:30pm, Saturday Matinee at 2pm, Sunday Matinee at 1pm with a run time of two hours and 45 minutes with a 15 minute intermission.

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2009 - Post a comment

Talking to Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked,” talks to the Examiner’s Jackie Sonnenberg about his story. Gregory Maguire: I didn’t know copyright law when I began Wicked, and only learned after submitting it to my agent that L Frank Baum’s literary estate had come out of copyright just months before I finished my book. I had assumed it had been out for decades. I did therefore have the rights to use what I wanted of Baum’s books, but any inventions to the story made by MGM I had to imply rather than quote directly, as the MGM film is still under copyright. (Hence no one could sing “Over the Rainbow” directly, though I could imply they were singing it, and hope my reader would make the connection.)”  He says he hopes to start the “fourth and perhaps final book of the Wicked Years series - we’ll see - and wrap up a lot of questions that have been asked in the first few books,” he says, within the next two months. “I consider that my story of Oz is perhaps as real as (but no realer than) the story of Dorothy…. Which is to say that the lives of children are real, their perceptions are real, and there is a value of truth and sincerity in their innocent apprehension of their lives–just as our adult perceptions, adjusted for life experience and the subtler sadnesses of human motivation and behavior, are also real. I mean never to contradict Dorothy’s story or Baum’s Oz, but to say two pairs of eyes can see the same incident and read different meanings in it. (Witness two children of the same parents, one of whom thinks the parents were angels and the other monsters.)” See how the first interpretation gets done with Wicked tickets now!

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2009 - Post a comment

New Glinda, Same Girl

The former Glinda who made her career as Cinderella in her high school play, Kristin Chenoweth discusses her life on and off stage in her new autobiography “A Little Bit Wicked Life, Love, and Faith in Stages.” The short star, who only reaches 4′11″, talks about her adoption, fighting depression and her Oklahoma beauty pageant. She sends messages to all her younger fans letting them know that not everyone is perfect and everyone has there up and down days, no matter how happy they typically seem. The interview, which aired on Web Pix, also talked about her future, which not only included promotion of her book but a new sitcom she just finished filming the pilot for NBC, called “Legally Mad,” and an animated series for Fox, “Sit Down, Shut Up,” which she says is created by the men of “Arrested Development.” The constantly bubbly star made the Wicked tickets shoot to the top of everyone’s “to see” list when she first starred in the show as the lovable but sometimes disagreeable princess Glinda, and now that role has continued to change young girls, and an even larger demographic, lives too. 

Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 - Post a comment

Who Was the Cowardly Lion?

Who was the cowardly Lion? What’s this lion’s back story? What made him so cowardly? Was he ever in love or did he ever do anything terrible? One thing that you’re going to have to do if you’re really into Wicked (and we mean really, really into Wicked- enough to read and write blogs about it), is you’re going to have to read the whole series of Oz books by Gregory Maguire.

As you probably know, Gregory Maguire write the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West long before it was a hit Broadway musical.  Well, Wicked wasn’t the only fan fiction created by Maguire. Along with writing about the life of the Wicked Witch of the West’s son, he also wrote about the cowardly Lion, who you will come to learn was, before Dorothy arrived in Oz, named Burr. A Lion Among Men delves deep into the character we all know as the Cowardly Lion. Will he seem so one-sided after you read the book?  We think not.

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Permalink - Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2009 - Post a comment


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