Tickets Go On Sale 10/30 For National Tour of WICKED at Schuster Performing Arts Center, Runs 2/17-3/7

Tickets to WICKED, "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" (The New York Times), go on sale at 8 AM Friday, October 30, 2009 for a limited three week run, February 17- March 7, 2010, at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. Tickets will be available for sale to the general public WALK-UP only at 8 AM, October 30. Phone and online sales begin later the same morning at 10 AM.

Due to the unprecedented demand for tickets to WICKED, it is likely that Dayton engagement of WICKED will sell out in record time.Tickets can be purchased at TICKET CENTER STAGE, located in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center at the corner of Second and Ludlow Streets, downtown Dayton. Tickets may be also purchased in person, via phone (937/) 228-3630, toll free (888)228-3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.

Winner of 26 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.

Declared "A Cultural Phenomenon" by Variety, Wicked currently has productions in New York, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Sydney and on two North American tours. Based on the novel byGregory Maguire, Wicked has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book byWinnie Holzman.

For more information about the Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series and Victoria Theatre Association's entire season, visit www.victoriatheatre.com.

Victoria Theatre Association is one of Dayton's premier arts organizations, presenting the Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series, the Young at Heart Family Series, the Michelob Ultra Cool Films series, Star Attractions, the Universal 1 Variety Series, and the Physicians for Kids Discovery Series, which features curriculum-enhanced live theatre productions for school children. Victoria Theatre Association is proud of its alliance with the Dayton Opera. In addition to the performances it presents, Victoria Theatre Association also manages the historic Victoria Theatre, the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, and the Metropolitan Arts Center, which houses The Loft Theatre. Victoria Theatre Association receives funding from a variety of diverse public, corporate, individual and private sources, including the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District and the Ohio Arts Council. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program or organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.