Go 'WICKED GREEN' for Earth Day, Tickets On Sale to the Public In Person Only at San Diego Civic Theatre on 4/19

Broadway/San Diego announced today that tickets for the long-awaited return WICKED will go on sale to the public on Sunday, April 19th from 7AM-10AM, in person only at the San Diego Civic Theatre Ticket Office. In its first engagement here in San Diego, tickets sold out by noon for the entire run.

This eagerly awaited stage production will play San Diego Civic Theatre from Wednesday, July 29 - Sunday, August 30, 2009.

Winner of 20 major awards, including a Grammy and 3 TonyR Awards; WICKED tells of the remarkable odyssey of two girls in Oz long before Dorothy drops in ~ one with emerald-green skin, smart, fiery and misunderstood; the other beautiful, ambitious and very popular ~ and how these unlikely friends grow
to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

Ticket buyers are invited to a Special Early Bird On Sale Event on Sunday, April 19, when tickets will be available beginning at 7AM in person ONLY at the San Diego Civic Theatre Ticket Office at Third & B Street.

Stalwart line-holders will be able to enjoy great music and complimentary
breakfast treats (while supplies last) courtesy of St. Tropez Bakery.

Plus! be one of the first 100 to purchase tickets in person and receive a
Green For Good reusable tote bag courtesy of WICKED (one tote bag per
order). And speaking of Green., KyXy 96.5FM and Sophie 103.7FM will be on
site with a chance to win WICKED merchandise and cold-hard cash from their
Cash Vault machine.

Beginning at 10AM on Sunday, April 19; tickets will be available by calling
the San Diego Civic Theatre Ticket Office at (619) 570-1100, TDD (619)
615-4177; TicketMaster at (619) 220-TIXS; online at BroadwaySD.com or
<http://www.ticketmaster.com/wicked> www.ticketmaster.com/wicked; and at all
TicketMaster outlets.

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 TonyR
Award winner Joe Mantello (9 to 5, Take Me Out, Assassins, Love! Valour!
Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues, Glengarry Glen Ross) and features
musical staging by TonyR 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 GrammyR and three TonyR 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.

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 TonyR Award winning Eugene Lee, costume design
by TonyR winner Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Tony nomineeR Kenneth
Posner and sound design by Tony Meola. Stephen Oremus is the show's music
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. 

GO GREEN! We strongly encourage all WICKED fans to come downtown early for
their tickets - then go straight to Balboa Park and join the throngs
celebrating Earth Day in our glorious city! WICKED is an integral part of
the recent "Broadway Goes Green" campaign, both on Broadway and on tour,
supporting the show's commitment to reduce individual consumption as well as
the industry's collective carbon footprint. Cast and staff members use
email messaging instead of paper memos, and bags of frozen peas instead of
chemical ice packs for body aches! The producers have actively reviewed and
revised its behind-the-scenes production activity to adopt greener practices
- something very much in keeping with the theme of the musical. Theatres
have replaced their marquee lights with more efficient lighting, production
shops are using environmentally preferable materials and recycling and
re-using scenery; costumes are being washed in cold water where feasible;
and touring shows are offsetting the carbon emissions from transporting
their equipment through investments in renewal energy.

At WICKED, every day is Earth Day! Elphaba says "Don't Miss It!"

Photo by Joan Marcus

 

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