SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN
BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ AND WINNIE HOLZMAN
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY GREGORY MAGUIRE
MUSICAL STAGING BY WAYNE CILENTO DIRECTED BY JOE MANTELLO
Calgary, AB — WICKED, the most anticipated musical production of the 2010 – 2011 season will go on sale to the public on Saturday, April 2nd. From 7am – 10am, tickets will be exclusively available at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Box Office, 11455 87 Avenue Northwest. Beginning at 10 a.m., any remaining tickets will be available for purchase through all Ticketmaster outlets,through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at http://www.ticketmaster.ca/ or call 1.855.985.5000. There is an 8-ticket limit per patron.
Ticket buyers are invited to special box office opening festivities on SATURDAY, APRIL 2 AT THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE AUDITORIUM, FROM 7:00AM and 10:00AM. Beat the rush for tickets and enjoy special perks including:
- Access to the best seats in the house for each performance prior to the public on sale and save on the Ticketmaster Service Fee;
- Multiple Ticketmaster agents available to assist in selecting seats and processing orders;
- A special gift from WICKED for the first 100 ticket purchasers;
- Group sales representatives on site to process orders of more than 20 tickets;
- Games and special activities for the entire family
Due to pre-existing sales to subscribers and groups, there is a limited inventory of WICKED tickets to start with. It is likely that the Calgary engagement will sell out in record time. Patrons are urged to purchase their tickets to WICKED early.
WICKED will play June 29 to July 17 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Week 1 performances run, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm, Sunday evening at 7:30pm with Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 2pm matinees. Weeks 2 and 3 performances run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm, Sunday evening at 7:30pm with Saturday and Sunday 2pm matinees. Ticket prices begin at $35.00.
WICKED , with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney’s Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething"), is based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. WICKED is set to make its Calgarypremiere starting June 29.
The musical is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues)and features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s Tommy, How To Succeed...). WICKED, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® Award and 3 Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
WICKED features set design by Tony® Award winning Eugene Lee (Ragtime, Show Boat, Candide, Sweeney Todd), costume design by Tony® winner Susan Hilferty (Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, Assassins), lighting design by Tony nominee® Kenneth Posner (Tony® Award winner for The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King). Stephen Oremus is the show’s music director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.
WICKED has "cast quite a spell" ( Washington Post ) throughout North America, breaking box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few.
Called "a cultural phenomenon" by Variety and named "the defining musical of the decade" by The New York Times, WICKED continues to thrill audiences around the world. There are currently seven productions of WICKED worldwide, including two North American tours, a Broadway production, London production, a Japanese-language production, a German-language production and Australian production. A Dutch-language production of WICKED will open in 2011.
Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED log on to http://www.wickedthemusical.com/.