Wicked the Musical comes to Australia this July, with tickets selling out fast! Opening in Melbourne’s Regent Theatre on July 9th, Wicked is a Broadway spectacular telling the untold story of the legendary witches from the famous tale of The Wizard of Oz. 

With combined box office sales of $US 1/2 billion, Wicked is already one of the most successful musicals in theatre history and is bound to be a hit in Australia. The New York Times has called Wicked "Broadway's biggest blockbuster!”

Wicked opened on Broadway in October 2003. Since then over two and a half million people have seen Wicked in New York and just over another two million have seen the North American touring production. The smash-hit musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, 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 novel by Gregory Maguire. Wicked is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

‘We’re delighted that Melbourne is now set to follow Wicked productions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the North American tour and London’s West End,’ Marc Platt and David Stone said in a joint statement from New York. ‘Melbourne will join new productions springing up around the world over the next 16 months, and we’re absolutely sure that Aussies – and international visitors to Melbourne – will be just as enchanted by Wicked as the audiences are in America and England.’ Wicked will also premiere in Tokyo, Stuttgart and Amsterdam in 2008.

Winner of 15 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, Wicked is based on a tale of the witches of Oz. 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 Witch.

John Frost, Co-Producer of the Australian production of Wicked says the musical is ‘a phenomenon, quite unlike any other musical.

It’s been the top-selling show on Broadway for over 140 consecutive weeks. It comes with all the blockbuster bells and whistles, certainly. But three things set this show apart. Music theatre lovers adore Wicked. It’s a classic musical entertainment with wit and spectacle and a wonderful score, but it also spans the demographic. People of all ages and backgrounds. It brings in people who’ve never been to the theatre, and never thought they would go and they come out of the theatre spellbound.’

Wicked is unique, exciting and definitely worth seeing. Enjoy a Broadway hit right here in Australia!
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