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While Wicked’s one year anniversary is being celebrated in it’s current San Francisco incarnation at the Orpheum, tonight Stephen Schwartz is being recognized in New York at Gershwin Theatre. Both celebrations are very timely and well deserved. The American Theatre Hall of Fame, established in 1971- the same year Schwartz wrote Godspell- inducts various theatrical…

Fun Facts about Broadway’s Wicked Posted by Julie Harmon On January – 30 – 2013 Wicked has returned to its birthplace and to celebrate its homecoming in the Bay area, here are some fun facts you ought to know about the popular Broadway hit. Wicked is a musical adaptation of a novel by Gregory Maguire,…

Critically acclaimed musical and three-time Tony Award winner, “Wicked”, flies to Illinois this fall for a two-week run at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, from October 26 through November 6, 2016, right in time for Halloween. Written for the stage by Winnie Holzman with music and lyrics from Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked” is the clever…

Wicked Austin As part of its current national tour, Wicked will come to Austin, Texas in early 2024. The production will run at Bass Concert Hall from March 13 – March 31, 2024. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 2004 and winning three, “Wicked” is the twisted story of the wicked witch who battled Dorothy…

Idina Menzel Maps Dates for Spring/Summer North American Tour Posted by Julie Harmon On February – 29 – 2012 She was first known onstage as Maureen Johnson from the musical ‘Rent’, then in the small screen as Shelby Corcoran, Rachel Berry’s biological mother in ‘Glee’, and last fall, she became known as the “Barefoot Diva”,…

When I opened “Defying Gravity,” the fantastic book by Carol de Giere, I felt like a child at Christmas. When I was offered the chance to review “The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked” by Ms. de Giere, I knew the book would be right up my alley right away. To start…