'Wicked' Tix Brew in Miami Starting Dec. 10!

SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN

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BROADWAY'S BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER

COMES TO CARNIVAL CENTER'S ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSE, MARCH 14 - 25

PRESENTED BY STANFORD BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA – MIAMI

AND FLORIDA THEATRICAL ASSOCIATION

BY Stephen Schwartz AND Winnie Holzman

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY Gregory Maguire

MUSICAL STAGING BY Wayne Cilento DIRECTED BY Joe Mantello

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TICKETS ON SALE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 th AT 10AM

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MIAMI --- WICKED is a new musical 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") based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. WICKED is set to make its Miami premiere starting March 14th at Carnival Center's Ziff Ballet Opera House as musical highlight of 2006-2007 for Stanford Broadway Across America – Miami presented by Moët & Chandon and Florida Theatrical Association. Tickets go on sale Sunday, December 10 th at 10am for this two week engagement.

WICKED will play Wednesday, March 14 through Sunday, March 25 with performances Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm with an additional performance Sunday, March 18 at 7:30pm. Tickets range from $25.00 - $77.00. Premium seat locations are available for performances from March 20 - 25 for $130.00. Prices listed are not inclusive of applicable handling or service charges. Purchase tickets only from the following authorized ticket sellers at Broadway Across America – Miami, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts or Ticketmaster.

Beginning Sunday, December 10 at 10am, tickets can be purchased in person through Carnival Center Box Office or by phone at 305-949-6722 or online at www.carnivalcenter.org. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster phones at 954-523-3309 in Broward, 305-358-5885 in Dade, and 561-966-3309 in Palm Beach or at www.ticketmaster.com and at Ticketmaster outlets. Orders for groups of 20 or more may be placed by calling the Broadway Across America at 1-800-6GROUPS (647-6877) or Carnival Center at 786.468.2326.

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…).

The national tour of WICKED has "cast quite a spell" ( Washington Post) throughout North America. It opened at Toronto's Canon Theatre on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 and sold out a seven-week run. WICKED has continued to break box office records and sell out multiple-week engagements in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few.

WICKED, "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ( The New York Times) began performances in New York on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at The Gershwin Theatre and continues to be the top-grossing show on Broadway. WICKED is "good enough to run for a decade or two," proclaims The Wall Street Journal . It's "a cultural phenomenon," exclaims Variety. "If every musical had the brain, the heart and the courage of WICKED, Broadway really would be a magical place," states Time Magazine.

The Chicago company of WICKED took the stage on Friday, June 24, 2005 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, and London's West End production opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 27, 2006. The Los Angeles production of WICKED starts performances at the Pantages Theatre on February 10, 2007.

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 Witch.

WICKED features set design by Tony® Award winning 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 music director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.

WICKED is the winner of 15 major awards, including a Grammy® Award and 3 Tony® Awards. The Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording is available on Decca Broadway.

For more information about WICKED log on to www.wickedthemusicaltour.com.

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