WICKED visited the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Fans had the opportunity to spin the WICKED Wheel of Fortune, take their photo in Oz and pick up some fun giveaways. There was also a performance of 'The Wizard and I.' Check it out below!
WICKED celebrates Earth Day with Donna Vivino as Elphaba performing 'The Wizard and I,' the show's 'Wicked Wheel,' where contestants could spin to win various prizes, handing out plantable seed sticks to fans, Kate Fahrner as Glinda and Donna Vivono as Elphaba performing 'For Good,' making Wicked fans aware of all the show's 'Green. For Good.' initiatives over the past year, and more! Check out the video below.
Idina Menzel performs 'Defying Gravity' from the Broadway smash 'Wicked' with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. Watch the clip below!
400 custom costumes made of over 2,000 pieces of fabric and countless sparkles need to be maintained for 8 performances every week. It takes a small but talented army to keep these memorable outfits so stunning and new. Witness a day in the life of the WICKED wardrobe department below!
The hit Broadway musical Wicked, a longtime partner of the national bully prevention organization BullyBust, will join with Givenik.com to raise funds and awareness for BullyBust on Tuesday, January 17th. All tickets purchased through Givenik.com for the 7pm performance of Wicked on Tuesday, January 17th will also provide admission to a private post-performance reception at Planet Hollywood with Wicked cast and creative team members. See Wicked's 'Glinda,' Chandra Lee Schwartz, announce the event below!
Winner of 35 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, Wicked is the untold story of the witches of Oz. 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.
In honor of its 8th Anniversary on Broadway, the blockbuster musical Wicked hosted a month-long roster of activities and promotions throughout the month of October, which featured a special performance at the Bronx Zoo. Click below to check out highlights from the event!
In honor of its 8th Anniversary on Broadway, the blockbuster musical Wicked treated its fans to a special 'Ultimate Encore' performance on Sunday, October 30th. Over 10,000 Wicked fans cast their votes online for their favorite song from the musical to be performed by the current Broadway cast for this one-time-only performance following this Sunday's matinee. The 'Ultimate Encore' performance was broadcast worldwide over Facebook that evening at 9pm for Wicked fans across the globe and features appearances by WICKED alumni, composer Stephen Schwartz & More!
BroadwayWorld brings you the performances from WICKED at Broadway in Bryant Park 2011!
Stephen Schwartz is arguably most widely known for his smash hit WICKED, which debuted in 2003 and still tops the weekly grosses to this day. The show's final duet has been popping up all over this week - from GLEE to OPRAH - and who better to hear perform the song than the composer himself? Click below to view Schwartz discussing his songwriting process, what gave him the idea for the song, and a performance!
Stephen Schwartz is the man behind the music of one of Broadway's biggest hits - WICKED, which debuted in 2003 and still consistently tops weekly grosses - but his daughter Jessica Schwartz put in a helping hand for the show's final duet. 'For Good' was inspired, at least in part, by Jessica's relationship with her best friend. Below, hear her talk about the song's origins.
Kudos to Entertainment Weekly who dug this video up on YouTube from September of 2010. Animator Heido Jo Gilbert put together story boards of her vision of what an animated film of the hit Stephen Schwartz show might look like.
In a recent episode of FOX's The Simpsons, Homer and Moe find themselves on stage with WICKED's Glinda in her bubble. Check out the episode below.
With sales surpassing the two million mark, the Grammy® award-winning original cast recording of Wicked has officially been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Since its opening, the production has continued to captivate audiences and currently ranks in the top 20 of Broadway's longest running shows, having played over 2,910 performances to date. BroadwayWorld.com was on hand as composer Stephen Schwartz was presented with a commemorative plaque following the matinee performance at The Gershwin Theater on November 10, 2010.
Broadway's current Elphaba (Mandy Gonzalez), Glinda (Katie Rose Clarke) and the cast of WICKED surprised the 5 millionth Broadway audience member at the smash-hit musical on September 29. The winner was surprised during the matinee curtain call and presented with the Key to the Emerald City in addition to additional prizes. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you video coverage of the surprise.
It has certainly been the summer for youngsters with powerful vocal chops. First, 10-year-old soprano Jackie Evancho impressed the world à la Susan Boyle with her debut on 'America's Got Talent' in August, and now, nine-year-old Los Angeles-based triple threat Oliver Richman is 'Defying Gravity' with a new video that debuted on the internet September 3. Click below to watch!
WICKED has unveiled a brand new video that will bring fans Behind the Emerald Curtain. Be the first to get an exclusive look at the Costume Edition, and follow the construction of a new Madame Morrible costume, from bolt to Broadway by clicking below.
The best of Broadway is being presented free on six consecutive Thursdays this summer with '106.7 Lite fm Presents Broadway in Bryant Park 2010' - a lunchtime series which began on Thursday, July 8th at 12:30pm on the Bryant Park Stage. Sponsored by Bank of America, and JCPenney 33rd & 6th, and hosted by Lite fm's on-air personalities, the tenth annual presentation of open-air, On- and Off- Broadway lunch hour performances runs through August 12th.
Kanye West appears to be sampling a bit of WICKED on his new album 'Good Ass Job,' set for release this September. BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage of this video footage showing the rapper remixing Stephen Schwartz's 'Popular' to a hip hop beat. Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the role of 'Glinda,' can be heard on the recording.
The efforts of the award-winning musical WICKED to go environmentally green will be shown in 'The Green Apple: Entertainment,' which will air on NYC Life (Channel 25 in NY) on April 22 at 9 PM.
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