Finally, we have become a legend on Broadway! A musical that has been underway for four whole years and refuses to lapse, even now, surely has to be wicked enough to capture the audience in its charismatic clutches! It is really bad, written by Stephen Swartz and directed by two time Tony Award winner Joe Mentello. On December 31, 2006, Wicked has done a new record in the history of Broadway for the maximum weekly extrapolation. Its ticket sales hit the box office take of 1,800,310 per week! The musical, even broke its own box office record $ 1,715,155 for the week ending November 26, 2006!
And this is not the end. For the same week, in places like London's West End, Chicago, Canada, and Toronto productions of the musical has broken records to win the worst! In addition, recently, TicketMaster revealed the highest peak called Ten events of 2006 and Wicked was on top! The function is plausible that this is the first theatrical production to have taken place in the top position in the list. It is usually occupied by sporting events or rock concerts.
Wicked is the mysterious story of the witches of Oz. It is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire became a bestseller. The music and lyrics composed by Stephen Schwartz, who won the Academy Award for The Prince of Egypt and Pocachontas. The book is written by Winnie Holzman, the same writer whose works great as Once and Again, My So Called Life, and Thirty Something 'linked to the public. The stage musical was directed by Wayne Cilento, who won a Tony Award and is well known for the Who's Tommy, Aida, and How to Succeed The director of this musical, Joe Mantello, has the credit of winning two years consecutive Tony Awards in 2003 and 2004. His known works are "Take Me Out, Assassins, and Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
In addition to the creative souls mentioned above, others behind the scenes who have contributed to the success record of Wicked include Eugene Lee, who designed the scenes and Susan Hilferty, who brought the characters to life by the fabulous costumes Tony Meola, who made the entire show look real with sounds terrible, and Kenneth Posner, who has almost mesmerized the audience with a fantastic lighting. In addition to this, you can not forget David Stone, Marc Platt, and Jon B. Platt for their wonderful production.
Though music has no language or explicit scenes, children under 8 years are not recommended to watch the show. The show contains some adult themes. Wicked keeps you glued to your seat for 2 hours and 45 minutes with an intermission of 15 minutes. However, as the story unfolds on stage, you lose track of time.
Wicked is a great example of capturing 100 percent of the public attention. What it is bad that is about to give it a legend? To know exactly, you'll need to look for yourself! Tickets are impossible to get through the box office. Go online or order by phone. Al is a webmaster Wicked Broadway tickets, an entertainment site for the City of New York with reviews and news about each event, and Wicked Broadway tickets information.