| Wicked is a musical based upon the best-selling | | | | eventually gaining patrons. |
| novel of Gregory Maguire called Wicked: The Life | | | | Since the Broadway production proved to be |
| and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. This | | | | successful, there have been productions in other |
| great production was staged using the music and | | | | areas like the West End of London, Los Angeles, |
| lyrics of Stephen Schwartz. It debuted on | | | | Chicago, Australia, Tokyo, and Stuttgart. There |
| October 30, 2003 and has since conquered | | | | were also two tours in North America which |
| Broadway and its audiences. This musical is | | | | made the Wicked cast and crew visit 30 cities in |
| produced by Universal Pictures under the direction | | | | U.S. and Canada. Wicked broke box office records |
| of Joe Montello and Wayne Cilento leading the | | | | all over the globe with tickets selling like hotcakes |
| musical staging. | | | | in the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago |
| Wicked was created to tell the story of the | | | | and London. West End recorded an all-time-high of |
| Wicked Witch of the West and how she was | | | | ¤100,000 just on its first hour of ticket |
| originally just a simple and green-faced Elphaba | | | | selling during the musical's opening. The musical |
| (originally played by Idina Menzel). The story | | | | started with $14,000,000 in capital and it has |
| develops and shows the friendship of Elphaba to | | | | earned this back by December 21, 2004 just a |
| the Good Witch of the North who is Glinda | | | | year after its Broadway premier. The first year |
| (played by Kristin Chenoweth). Along the way, this | | | | alone recorded a gross of $56 million and every |
| friendship sours as both witches fall for the same | | | | week of performance proves to give back a |
| guy. Complexities develop as the Wizard enters | | | | million dollars at least! Wicked continues to break |
| the scene with his corrupt government. And since | | | | records of other musicals and, amusingly, it also |
| this musical is more like a prequel to the classical | | | | goes on to break its own box office records. |
| novel of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz, it is quite | | | | Wicked tickets continue to sell online and on ticket |
| surprising that Elphaba would end up with Fiyero, | | | | stores in key cities. |
| the love of her life. There were mixed reactions | | | | People are still going crazy over this musical. |
| to the musical, even The New York Times gave | | | | Indeed, so much has happened before Dorothy |
| its share of criticisms but this did not hamper the | | | | arrived in the Land of Oz-and this musical's |
| production people from moving forward and | | | | success is definitely one of the biggest happenings! |