Tickets for WICKED at the Kennedy Center on Sale 3/13

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2005, Wicked, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to the Kennedy Center Opera House for a limited return engagement from June 15 to August 21. Tickets go on sale to the public on Sunday, March 13 at Noon. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Kennedy Center Box Office, by calling Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600, or online at kennedy-center.org. 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), Wicked 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 in Business Without Really Trying).

PLEASE NOTE: Heavy site traffic is expected at Noon on Sunday, March 13. Patrons are encouraged to wait patiently if they land in the virtual waiting room. In order to keep their place in the virtual line, patrons are advised to not refresh, hit the back button, or leave the page. Logging in prior to Noon will not help secure an early place in line. Patrons may also call (202) 467-4600 or visit the Kennedy Center's box office in person to purchase tickets.

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three 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, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Wicked has broken box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Philadelphia, and Boston.

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.

Wicked features set design by Tony® Award winner Eugene Lee (Ragtime, Show Boat, Candide, Sweeney Todd), costume design by Tony® winner Susan Hilferty (Into the Woods, Assassins), lighting design by Tony® nominee Kenneth Posner (The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray), and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King). Stephen Oremus is the show's musical director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.
The Grammy Award -winning cast recording is available on Decca Broadway. For more information about Wicked please visit www.wickedthemusical.com.

TICKET INFORMATION
Performances of Wicked will run June 15 to August 21 in the Opera House evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 p.m. An additional matinee performance will take place on Thursday, June 16 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the public on Sunday, March 13 at Noon and are priced as low as $37. Subscription packages are available for purchase by calling (202) 416-8500 or by visiting kennedy-center.org.

Wicked is made possible through the generosity of The Adrienne Arsht Musical Theater Fund.

For more information, visit the Kennedy Center website at kennedy-center.org.