WICKED Announces $25 Lottery Tickets

By: Feb. 11, 2010
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A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from Wednesday, February 17 through Sunday, March 7 at The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, in downtown Dayton. Each day, 2½ hours prior to show time people who present themselves at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, located in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center, will have their names placed in a lottery. Thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person and a photo ID will be required. Entrants must be present to win.

WICKED is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney's Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething") based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. The musical 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...). WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, 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, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

WICKED features set design by Tony Award winning EuGene Lee (Ragtime, Show Boat, Candide, Sweeney Todd), costume design by Tony winner Susan Hilferty (Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, Assassins), lighting design by Tony nominee Kenneth Posner (Tony Award winner for The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King). Stephen Oremus is the show's music director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.

WICKED has "cast quite a spell" (Washington Post) throughout North America, breaking box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few.

Called "a cultural phenomenon" by Variety and just named "the defining musical of the decade" by The New York Times, WICKED continues to thrill audiences around the world. There are currently eight productions of WICKED worldwide, including two North American tours, a Broadway production, San Francisco 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 begins performances February 17 - March 7, 2010 at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. Performances are as follows:

Wed 2/17 8pm Tues 2/23 8pm Tues 3/2 8pm
Thur 2/18 2pm Wed 2/24 8pm Wed 3/3 8pm
Thur 2/18 8pm Thur 2/25 8pm Thur 3/4 8pm
Fri 2/19 8pm Fri 2/26 8pm Fri 3/5 8pm
Sat 2/20 2pm Sat 2/27 2pm Sat 3/6 2pm
Sat 2/20 8pm Sat 2/27 8pm Sat 3/6 8pm
Sun 2/21 2pm Sun 2/28 2pm Sun 3/7 2pm
Sun 2/21 7pm Sun 2/28 7pm Sun 3/7 7pm

Good seats are still available with the best availability Thursday, February 18 2pm matinee and for select weeknight performances. Tickets are available for purchase online through Ticket Center Stage at www.ticketcenterstage.com . To receive personalized attention and up-do-date availability on all shows call (937) 228-3630 or (888) 228-3630 Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. or Saturday 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or purchase in person at Schuster Center Box Office at Second and Main Streets.

Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.

 

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