The smash hit musical WICKED has been named GREATEST MUSICAL OF THE PAST 30 YEARS in an online poll conducted by Dress Circle - 'the greatest showbiz shop in the world' - as part of their 30th Anniversary celebrations.
The smash hit musical WICKED celebrated its 1000th performance at the sell-out matinee on Saturday 14 February.
The award-winning musical opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre in September 2006 and is now in its third year. Acknowledged as 'the West End's most successful musical' (The Independent on Sunday), WICKED has already been seen by almost two million people and taken over ?67 million at the Box Office.
The hit musical WICKED, now in its third year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, broke Box Office records last week with the highest weekly gross of its entire run. The musical grossed ?885,294, beating its own record of ?873,020 set in the final week of December 2006. Almost 20,000 theatregoers attended 9 performances of the musical last week.
The hit musical WICKED, now in its third year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, has grossed almost ?28 million in 2008, ?1.2 million up on 2007. The musical has taken over ?65 million at the Box Office since opening in September 2006.
Wicked at the Apollo Victoria in London celebrated its second anniversary on Saturday, September 27, with the cast and crew thanking the fans for two years of support.
Dress Circle will release 'Act One - Songs from the Musicals of Alexander S. Bermange,' a new CD featuring 26 West End stars, including members of the cast of Wicked, performing 20 brand-new recordings.
WICKED, the record-breaking hit musical at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, is one of the West End's biggest success stories. This year alone the award-winning new musical has already taken almost £20 million at the Box Office. WICKED today announces the opening of a new booking period with tickets on sale over a year in advance for all performances until Saturday 26 September 2009.
Fidelity FutureStage and Leap Teaching Artist Alexia Vernon explains her role as a Teaching Artist and how being one inspires her in her own creative life.
From Monday 9 June 2008, WICKED will star Alexia Khadime as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, Harriet Thorpe as Madame Morrible, Desmond Barrit as The Wizard, Caroline Keiff as Nessarose, Jeremy Legat as Boq and Andy Mace as Doctor Dillamond. Ashleigh Gray will be Standby Elphaba and Sarah Earnshaw will be Standby Glinda.
Alexia Khadime, currently starring as 'Nala' in Disney's The Lion King, is to star as Elphaba in WICKED at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre from Monday 9 June until Saturday 29 November 2008.
Laura Bell Bundy, star of Broadway's Legally Blonde visited and played with the other cast members of Legally Blonde on Saturday November 17 at the 11:30PM showing of the new off-broadway weekly interactive game show, The Ultimate Drag Off.
The Stolen Chair Theatre Company, in association with Horse Trade, presents the world premiere of Kiran Rikhye's kinky and playful period piece Kinderspiel. Directed by Jon Stancato, previews begin October 4; opening October 6 at Under St. Marks Theater.
International Broadway, concert and cabaret artist Karen Akers will be among the honorees at the Singers Forum Foundation¹s 11th annual Andy Anselmo Achievement Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 7, 2007 in The Theatre of the Lighthouse International
The Singers Forum Foundation's 11th annual Andy Anselmo Achievement Awards, which honor 'excellence in the performing arts,' will be presented on Monday, May 7, 2007 at The Theatre of the Lighthouse International in New York.