TV: WICKED's 5th The Empire State Building Glows Green!

Composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz and Kerry Ellis, current star of the Broadway smash WICKED, in full costume as the show's green heroine, Elphaba, The Wicked Witch of The West, lit the Empire State Building green on Monday, October 27th. The building glowed WICKED green from dusk to midnight on Monday in honor of WICKED's 5th Anniversary Celebration.

WICKED celebrated it's 5th Anniversary on Broadway, October 30th, 2008. The blockbuster musical hosted several special events and promotions throughout the month of October in honor of turning five years old! BWW TV was there for all the "celebration throughout Oz"!

Highlights included THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD NOT TAKEN, a one-night-only benefit performance featuring songs and scenes cut from early drafts of the musical, as well as having two of New York's most recognizable landmarks going green in honor of the show's 5th anniversary: on October 27th, the Empire State Building glowed green for the night and for the October 30th performance, Playbill's trademark yellow banner was specially printed green, the first time in the publication's history that it has altered its masthead.

Called "Broadway's Biggest Blockbuster" by The New York Times, WICKED is a global phenomenon with eight productions worldwide. WICKED DAY is the blockbuster's annual anniversary celebration, made even more exciting this year as it was the show's 5th year on Broadway.

Winner of 20 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, Wicked is the untold story 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.

For more information please visit, www.wickedthemusical.com.