The Mad Rush For Nyc Wicked Broadway Tickets
Finally we have a legend in the making on Broadway! A musical thats been running for four whole years and refuses to comedown even now surely has to be wicked enough to grip the audience in its charismatic clutches! It really is Wicked written by Stephen Swartz and directed by two times Tony Award winner Joe Mentello.
On December 31 2006 Wicked made a new record in Broadway history for the maximum grossing week. Its sale of tickets touched the box office take of 1800310 per week!! The musical even broke its own record of 1715155 box office take for the week finishing on November 26 2006!
And this is not the end. For the same week in places like Londons West End Chicago Canada and Toronto the productions of this musical broke records for earning the highest gross! Besides this recently TicketMaster revealed the Top Ten Most Requested Events of 2006 and Wicked was on the top! The implausible feature is that this is the first theatrical production to have made its place in the top position of the list. Usually its occupied by sports events or rock concerts.
Wicked is the mysterious tale of witches of Oz. it is based on the novel written by Gregory Maguire that became the bestseller. The music and lyrics are composed by Stephen Schwartz who has won the Academy Award for The Prince of Egypt and Pocachontas. The book is written by Winnie holzman; the same writer whose stunning works like Once and Again My So Called Life and Thirty Something spell bound the audience. The musical staging has been done by Wayne Cilento who has won a Tony Award and is wellknown for The Whos Tommy Aida and How to Succeed The director of this musical Joe Mantello has the credit of winning two consecutive Tony Awards in 2003 and 2004. His wellknown works are Take Me Out Assassins and Frankie Johnny in the Claire de Lune.
Besides the above mentioned creative souls the other people behind the scenes who have contributed in the recordbreaking success of Wicked include Eugene Lee who has designed the scenes; Susan Hilferty who has brought the characters to life by her fabulous costumes; Tony Meola who has made the entire show look real with terrific sounds; and Kenneth Posner who has almost hypnotized the audience with a fantastic lighting arrangement. In addition to this you can not forget David Stone Marc Platt and Jon B. Platt for their wonderful production.
Although the musical is devoid of explicit scenes or language children below 8 years are not recommended to watch the show. The show contains certain adult themes. Wicked keeps you glued to your seat for 2 hours and 45 minutes with an intermission of 15 minutes. However as the story unfolds on stage you lose track of time.
Wicked is a fine example of capturing 100 per cent of the audiences attention. What is it in wicked that is about to give it a legendary status? To know exactly you will need to watch it for yourself! The tickets are impossible to get through box office. Go online or order by phone.
About the writer: Al is the webmaster of the Wicked Broadway Tickets site a New York City entertainment website with reviews and news on every event as well as Wicked Broadway tickets information.
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