Archive for May, 2009
In testament of its popularity, wicked, the hit musical play achieves its two million theatregoers at the London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Since opening on the said venue in September 2006, Wicked London recently celebrated its 1000th performance.
WICKED continues to break Box Office records, most recently during the Easter fortnight where it achieved a combined gross of £1,416,824.50 with almost 36,000 seeing the show. The week commencing 6 April was the production’s highest grossing 8-show week, playing to 99.8% capacity. WICKED has grossed almost £75 million at the Box Office since opening.
In addition to the London production, the international hit musical is also currently running in North America (four productions), Japan, Germany and Australia.
The global hit musical is also currently being played at the fabulous Broadway theater shows in New York.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, WICKED tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students. Their extraordinary adventures in birthday messages Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as ‘Glinda The Good’ and the ‘Wicked Witch of the West’.
Those theatre fanatics who wish to see world-class performance should make it a point to watch Wicked the musical live.
Theatre fans who had yet to see this popular musical should make it a point to see it live.
May 24th, 2009
THEATER loving fans should not miss the chance to watch Wicked the Musical live in Broadway.
Since the globally renowned wicked musical play opened in Broadway in October 2003 it always draws a record crowd in its every performance.
Wicked the musical is about the untold story of the witches of Oz and is loosely based on the best selling novel ‘ by Gregory Maguire. The musical features music and lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. With musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento.
The musical opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003 at the Gershwin Theatre.
The original cast included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as The Wizard.
Business and popularity boomed due to very good word-of-mouth, and the box office was boosted when the show was nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (It subsequently lost that award, however, along with the Tony Awards for best score
and best book, to another new musical of the season, Avenue Q). Menzel was named Best Actress in a Musical. Wicked Austin Tickets are on sale and is going to start from 12 August 2009.
The musical received two additional awards—to Eugene Lee for scenic design and Susan Hilferty for costume design.
The cast recording received a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
October 30 - 2003 - sms Idina Menzel - Elphaba - Kristin Chenoweth - Glinda - Joel Grey - The Wizard - Tony Awards - Best Musical - Avenue Q - Best Actress in a Musical - Cast recording - Grammy Award
Wicked earned back its entire initial investment by December 21, 2004. In its first year it grossed more than $56 million with Wicked New York Tickets.
The show, which is open-ended, has been playing to capacity crowds for almost every recent performance and grosses more than a million dollars every week. The show had a $14 million capitalization.
If you have not seen Wicked the musical grab the opportunity to watch it live now.
Be thrilled and dazzled by this popular musical by personally buying tickets and watching it live.
May 6th, 2009
May 4th, 2009
Broadway theater pertains to the theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York (plus one theatre in Lincoln Center) in Manhattan, New York City.
Along with London’s West End theatre, Broadway theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $937 million worth of tickets in the 2007-08 season. Now Wicked San Francisco is the hot show these days.
May 4th, 2009
