Tickets On Sale 3/5 For WICKED At The Kentucky Center

After breaking box office records in 2009, WICKED, the smash-hit musical, will return to Louisville's Kentucky Center, May 5-23 as a PNC Broadway Across America Special Presentation.
Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Friday, March 5. Tickets will go on sale at 6:00AM on line only at KentuckyCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com/wicked. Beginning at 9:00AM, tickets can be purchased by phone at 502-584-7777 or in person at the Kentucky Center Box Office.

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 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...).
Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED, winner of 26 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.
WICKED will play the Kentucky Center Wednesday, May 5 through Sunday, May 23. Performances are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30PM, Friday and Saturday Evenings at 8:00PM., Saturday matinee at 2:00PM, Sunday Matinee at 1:00PM, Sunday Evening at 6:30PM and a Thursday matinee on May 6 at 2:00PM. Ticket prices range from $42.50 to $127.50 for premium seats.
Beginning Friday, March 5 tickets will be available on line only from 6:00-9:00AM at KentuckyCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com/wicked. Beginning at 9:00AM tickets can be purchased by phone at 502.584.7777 or in person at the Kentucky Center Box Office.
"I am thrilled to have secured a return engagement of WICKED as a PNC Broadway Across America special presentation, says Leslie K. Broecker, President of Broadway Across America - Midwest. "From the beginning our mission has been to create a memorable theatrical experience for Louisville audiences and in my opinion the national touring production of WICKED is even better than the Broadway production, which I also loved. The producers of WICKED should be complimented for sending out such a high-quality show."
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.
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.

Casting for the forthcoming national tour stop will be announced at a later date. 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 (The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King). Stephen Oremus is the show's musical director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.
Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.

The Louisville engagement of WICKED is presented by arrangement with Broadway Across America and is a special presentation for PNC Broadway Across America Louisville.