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Wicked, the spellbinding and
spectacular hit musical, is the untold story of the
legendary witches from L. Frank Baum's classic, The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
When Dorothy famously triumphed over the Wicked Witch,
we only ever heard one side of the story. Gregory
Maguire's 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life & Times of the
Wicked Witch of the West, created "one of the great
heroines of fantasy literature" - Los Angeles Times,
explaining how a misunderstood, green girl named Elphaba
became "wicked" but her unlikely friend, Glinda, became
"good".
The exceptional team that has brought this captivating
story to life on stage includes many of Broadway's most
celebrated creative talents: the Oscar and Grammy
Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Godspell,
Pocahontas, The Prince of Egypt), writer Winnie Holzman
(My So-Called Life, The Wonder Years, thirtysomething),
scenic designer Eugene Lee (Tony Award-winner for
Candide, the original Sweeney Todd and Wicked), costume
designer Susan Hilferty (Into The Woods, Tony
Award-winner for Wicked), lighting designer Kenneth
Posner (The Odd Couple, Hairspray), choreographer Wayne
Cilento (Disney's Aida and a Tony Award-winner and
Olivier Award nominee for The Who's Tommy) and director
Joe Mantello (Tony Award-winner for Take Me Out, which
premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, and Assassins.) Joe
Mantello has also recently directed Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick in The Odd Couple and is directing
Julia Roberts' Broadway debut in Three Days of Rain.
Winner of 15 major awards, this "spectacular spectacle"
- New York Post transports audiences to a fantasy land
of wizardry and witchcraft with Grammy Award-winning
music, Tony Award-winning sets and costumes, and
stunning special effects.
The Washington Post calls Wicked "a breathtaking success
story of a magnitude the theatre has not witnessed since
the peak years of The Phantom of the Opera". Now you can
experience this magical new musical adventure in London
and discover that you've not been told the whole story
about the Land of Oz...
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