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WICKED previews commence on Wednesday 7th May with opening night scheduled for 100 days from today: Saturday 10 May at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2012, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to Sacramento Community Center Theater from May 28 through June 15 as part of the Broadway Sacramento series. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale February 15.

Tony Award-winning set designer Eugene Lee, the genius behind Broadway's Wicked and TV's Saturday Night Live, will be honored with a 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.

After ten years at the top of its game, Stephen Schwartz's smash musical continues to defy gravity and expectations.

The Broadway League previously announced the shows participating in the 18th KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY, which will take place Monday, February 24, 2014 to Sunday, March 2, 2014. Tickets to participating shows will be available to the public starting today, January 8, 2014 at 10 a.m. ET.

Having recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway, the blockbuster musical WICKED continues to defy gravity, setting a new Broadway record for the highest one-week gross with a box office take of $3,201,333, for the week ending December 29, 2013. The first and only Broadway musical to gross over $3 million in one week, WICKED has broken the previous record, $2,947,142, which it also held (week ending December 30, 2012), and which had earlier been held by Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, with a gross of $2,941,794 (week ending January 1, 2012).

WICKED, now playing at the Providence Performing Arts Center, revisits the yellow brick road from Munchkinland to the Emerald City and presents a heart-touching, socially- and politically-minded new vision of Oz's most familiar stories and characters along the way.

The Broadway League announced today the shows participating in the 18thKIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY, which will take place Monday, February 24, 2014 to Sunday, March 2, 2014. Tickets to participating shows will be available to the public starting Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 10 a.m. ET.

Minkyu Lee, an animator and visual development artist for Disney whose credits include The Princess and the Frog and Frozen, revealed on his blog sketches based on a possible animated version of the Broadway blockbuster musical WICKED. Check out images from his developmental portfolio below!

Members of the National Touring Company of Wicked will host 'THE Wicked NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,' a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory (3175 N. Broadway) tonight, December 8, at 8:00 p.m.

Members of the National Touring Company of WICKED will host "THE WICKED NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS," a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory (3175 N. Broadway) Sunday, December 8, at 8:00 p.m. The event will feature the members of the company of WICKED, and net proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Chicago House. WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 30, the first performance of the eight-week Chicago engagement. WICKED is currently playing the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph) through Dec. 21, 2013.

The producers of WICKED have announced that it has broken the Broadway In Chicago record for the largest one-week gross of $1,935,432 for the week ending December 1, 2013.

Broadway In Chicago recently announced that members of the National Touring Company of Wicked will join MUSICAL MONDAYS AT SIDETRACK (3349 N. Halsted) and celebrate with the Chicago community today, December 2 with a VIP Party/Performance from 6-8 p.m. The party will continue throughout the evening with Sidetrack Musical Mondays. The event will feature the members of the company of Wicked, and net proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

It's Broadway's long-running shows that keep Times Square bustling year-round with theatre-goers from around the world who are making it to the Great White Way for their first time. Wicked, now in its 10th year, has been going strong for over 4180 performances and continues to play to full houses at the Gershwin Theatre.

Broadway In Chicago is excited to announce that members of the National Touring Company of WICKED will join MUSICAL MONDAYS AT SIDETRACK (3349 N. Halsted) and celebrate with the Chicago community on Monday, December 2 with a VIP Party/Performance from 6-8 p.m.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for Wicked, which is returning to the Old National Centre with performances from now through December 1. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the Old National Centre box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person. Lottery participants must have a valid photo ID when submitting their entry form and, if chosen, when purchasing tickets.

Members of the National Touring Company of WICKED will host "THE WICKED NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS," a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory (3175 N. Broadway) Sunday, December 8, at 8:00pm. The event will feature the members of the company of WICKED, and net proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Chicago House. WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 30, the first performance of the eight-week Chicago engagement. WICKED is currently playing the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph) through Dec. 21, 2013.

Just last week, WICKED celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway with a special performance and party. Below you can check out photos of current star Lindsay Mendez in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Just last week, WICKED celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway with a special performance and party. Below you can check out photos of current star Derek Klena in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Just last week, WICKED celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway with a special performance and party. Below you can check out photos of WICKED alum Kyle Dean Massey in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Wednesday night was Wicked's big night as the show celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway with a special performance and party. Below you can check out photos of Wicked alum Eden Espinosa in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Just last week, WICKED celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway with a special performance and party. Below you can check out photos of WICKED alum Mandy Gonzalez in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

WICKED has had a lot going on this week, with the show celebrating its 10th anniversary on Wednesday night. As a part of the festivities, the cast put together an amazing lip dub to MIKA's 'Popular Song', which of course is a song that came straight from the musical. Check it out below!