WICKED Returns To Denver's Buell Theatre 10/7 - 11/15, Tickets On Sale 4/19

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in both 2005 and 2007, the smash-hit musical Wicked will return to Denver’s Buell Theatre October 7 – November 15.  Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Sunday, April 19 at 10am.

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, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by 2003 and 2004 Tony® Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Assassins, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues, Glengarry Glen Ross) and features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s Tommy, How To Succeed…).

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked, winner of 20 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.

“We are extremely happy to be the first market to host a third engagement of this most remarkable show,” said Denver Center for the Performing Arts President and Chief Operating Officer, Randy Weeks.  “Denver has enthusiastically welcomed Wicked in the past and we are eager to bring it back - both for new audiences to discover the magic for the first time and for fans of the show to relive the experience again.”

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 Witch.

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 “one of the most successful shows in Broadway history” by The New York Times and “a phenomenon that keeps growing” by the Los Angeles 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 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 (Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King and the recent Man of La Mancha).  Stephen Oremus is the show’s musical director.  Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.

Single tickets for Wicked start at just $35.  To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100.  Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.  Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby, or at TicketsWest outlets, located in all King Soopers stores.  TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582.  Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.4829.

Wicked is an added attraction in Denver Center Attractions’ 2009 season, which is generously sponsored by United Airlines. Media sponsorship for DCA is provided by The Denver Post, CBS4 and Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine.  Denver Center Attractions is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.  Please visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.

The Grammy Award-Winning cast recording is available on Decca Broadway. For more information about Wicked log on to  Wickedthemusical.com">www.WickedWickedthemusical.com">themusical.com.

Casting for the forthcoming national tour stop will be announced at a later date.

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