Wicked, the high soaring and multi-awarded Broadway musical, has a three-week engagement at New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre on October 2 to 20, 2019. Based on the 1995 book by Gregory Maguire, Wicked is a re-imagined take of the timeless The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and tells the story from the perspective of Elphaba, the passionate, […]
Wicked Author Gregory Maguire Pens a Play Posted by Julie Harmon On July – 22 – 2010 Gregory Maguire, author of the critically acclaimed novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” which was turned into an award winning and top grossing Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman,…
The blockbuster 2018-19 season of Broadway San Jose closes with one of the most sensational and top grossing musicals ever to hit Broadway! Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, the multi-awarded, record-breaking, and long running show that has been captivating thousands of audiences since its 2003 premiere, has a three-week engagement at…
Wicked San Jose | San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Posted by Julie Harmon On October – 17 – 2013 The blockbuster 2018-19 season of Broadway San Jose closes with one of the most sensational and top grossing musicals ever to hit Broadway! Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, the multi-awarded,…
The winter doldrums, as is usual for this point in the year, have arrived at a majority of the box offices on Broadway. Last week, many plays and musicals had rows of empty seats. Nineteen out of the 40 houses on Broadway were dark due to shows being on hiatus or closing. Last week Broadway…
“Wicked”, one of the best, if not the greatest, musicals ever showcased in Broadway and all over the world is being planned to be turned into a musical film by two of the musical’s creative heads, lyricist Stephen Schwartz, script writer Winnie Holzman, and producer Marc Platt. According to Deadline.com, Universal Pictures is also reported…
According to Deadline.com Stephen Daldry, the Tony award-winning Billy Elliot director, is currently the leading candidate to direct the big screen adaptation by Universal of Wicked, the blockbuster musical. Other directors that have been rumored previously to head the project include James Mangold, J.J. Abrams, Rob Marshall and Ryan Murphy. No start date or casting…