Wicked

Wicked has been transformed into a Broadway musical by the brilliant Stephen Schwartz, the talent behind Pippin, The Magic Show, Godspell, Children of Eden, as well as the lyricist for a few Disney movie musicals (Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Wicked is not simply the prequel to the popular Oz story. Instead it is drama that uses its musicality as a way to charm the audiences. When Glinda floats onstage in her metal bubble, you know you're in for something different. She announces that the Wicked Witch of the West is dead, and the Ozians rejoice -- until one of them asks if Glinda and the Wicked Witch were friends.

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 how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

Character: Elphaba, the girl who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West

Character: Glinda (who starts out as Galinda), The "good" counterpart for the "Wicked" Witch

Character: Fiyero, a handsome prince, fellow student, and love interest.

Character: Madame Morrible, their rather horrible headmistress at Shiz University

Character: The Wizard of Oz

Character: Nessarose, the Witch 's invalid sister

Character: Boq, an unusually tall Munchkin with eyes for Glinda but who gets linked with Nessarose.

Wicked is a great show to go see. Any Wizard Of Oz fans will appreciate this show. In a quick witted, funny musical, Wicked explains how the lion, tinman, scarecrow, and everything else.

Buffalo, NY Sheas Performing Arts Center 6/18/08 - 7/13/08

Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium 4/9/08 - 4/20/08

Chicago, IL Ford Center of Performing Arts - IL 3/11/08 - 12/31/08

East Lansing, MI Wharton Center 7/16/08 - 8/3/08

Fort Lauderdale, FL Broward Center Au Rene 3/12/08 - 4/6/08

Kansas City, MO Music Hall Kansas City 5/7/08 - 5/25/08

Los Angeles, CA Pantages Theatre - CA 3/11/08 - 9/28/08

New York, NY Gershwin Theatre 3/11/08 - 1/4/09

Orlando, FL Bob Carr Perf. Arts Center 4/23/08 - 5/4/08

Rochester, NY Rochester Auditorium 5/28/08 - 6/15/08