BWW Previews: WICKED at BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Broadway's biggest blockbuster and Fort Lauderdale's most popular musical, will return to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts February 14 - March 4, 2018.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, 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...). The musical is based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire.

WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz...but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin-smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships...until the world decides to call one "good," and the other one "wicked". From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, WICKED - the untold true story of the Witches of Oz-transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story that USA Today cheers is "a complete triumph! An original musical that will make you laugh, cry, and think."

With a thrilling score that includes the hits "Defying Gravity," "Popular" and "For Good," WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as "the defining musical of the decade," and by Time Magazine as "a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage."

Winner of over 100 international awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 14 countries around the world. For more information about WICKED log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.

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The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is one of America's premier performing arts venues, consistently ranked among the top ten in the country. Presenting more than 700 performances each year to more than 700,000 patrons, the Center showcases a wide range of exciting cultural programming and events, and offers one of the largest arts-in-education programs in the United States, serving more than 150,000 students annually. In 2007, the Broward Center was named the Cultural Embassy of Broward County in recognition of its success in linking cultural activity with the region's economic development.

The Broward Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. receives and maintains funds to sustain, develop, and secure the future of the Broward Center. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is located in the Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District at 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit www.BrowardCenter.org.

Tickets for the return engagement of WICKED will go on sale November 3, 2017 at 10 AM. Tickets will be available at the Broward Center AutoNation Box Office, 201 SW Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312, browardcenter.org or call 954.462.0222. Orders for groups of ten (15) or more may be placed by calling 954.660.6307. Ticket prices start at $44.25*.

WICKED: Performance Schedule

Wednesday, February 14 - 8:00pm

Thursday, February 15 - 2:00pm

Thursday, February 15 - 8:00pm

Friday, February 16 - 8:00pm

Saturday, February 17 - 2:00pm

Saturday, February 17 - 8:00pm

Sunday, February 18 - 1:00pm

Sunday, February 18 - 6:30pm

Tuesday, February 20 - 8:00pm

Wednesday, February 21 - 8:00pm

Thursday, February 22 - 8:00pm

Friday, February 23 - 8:00pm

Saturday, February 24 - 2:00pm

Saturday, February 24 - 8:00pm

Sunday, February 25 - 1:00pm

Sunday, February 25 - 6:30pm

Tuesday, February 27 - 8:00pm

Wednesday, February 28 - 8:00pm

Thursday, March 1- 8:00pm

Friday, March 2 - 8:00pm

Saturday, March 3 - 2:00pm

Saturday, March 3 - 8:00pm

Sunday, March 4 - 1:00pm

Sunday, March 4 - 6:30pm

Photo By: Joan Marcus

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