'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
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#1'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/4/13 at 2:04pm
"The producers of “Wicked” said Monday afternoon that the popular musical grossed a whopping $1,935,432 in Chicago for the week ending Dec. 1. That figure, likely the highest-ever single week gross for a Chicago show, breaks the Broadway in Chicago house record."
This is the third (or fourth?) time the show has been through town and it's STILL packing them in- impressive!
Ten years later....
#2'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/4/13 at 2:09pmNever underestimate the power of a good story.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#2'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/4/13 at 2:11pmOr Tweens with disposable income.
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#3'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/4/13 at 2:35pmOr all of the above.
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#4'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/4/13 at 4:52pmI won the lotto yesterday and saw this in Chicago - I was impressed how packed it was for a Tuesday night show. Good show - was iffy on Gambatese going in, but she was solid.
"Observe how bravely I conceal this dreadful dreadful shame I feel."
jemjeb2
Featured Actor Joined: 6/28/05
#5'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/4/13 at 11:26pm..all that money for that crappy show! Well ok, glad it pleases those it pleases and theatre going is alive and well.
#6'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/5/13 at 12:00amI just got out of the theater and was charmed and dazzled by the show as always. Curt Hansen is a fantastic Fiyero.
With Irma you gotta do something!
#7'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/5/13 at 1:43am
Makes me wonder why the sit down there ever closed in the first place.
Well, actually, I know why, but I wonder if Broadway in Chicago is regretting it, given that the other big shows they've hoped would be successful there weren't as successful as Wicked.
#8'Wicked' breaks Chicago box-office record
Posted: 12/5/13 at 10:00amI was devastated when the Chicago sit down closed.... but that is because I was a bartender for BIC and the amount of money I made tending bar (especially when in the orchestra) was insane!
