In late June of 2005, a permanent production of Wicked, separate from the national tour, opened at Chicago's Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre with an open-ended run, which many consider to be a harbinger of things to come for Chicago theatre.  On May 28, 2003, Wicked opened a pre-Broadway run at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. While Wicked received mediocre reviews, the audience response was generally enthusiastic.  The Broadway company of Wicked celebrated its 1000th performance on March 23, 2006.  When Wicked was nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the show was considered the front-runner for the award, making it the show to beat.  Wicked, which is an open-ended show, has been playing to capacity crowds for almost every recent performance and grosses more than a million dollars every week.  Wicked had broken the record for the highest weekly box office gross in Broadway history, with $1,610,934.  Wicked is a musical that premiered on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 30, 2003.  Wicked is an alternative to L. Frank Baum's classic book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and is also heavily influenced by the iconic 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Set in the days prior to Dorothy's arrival from Kansas, Wicked explores the idea that the infamous antagonist we call the Wicked Witch of the West was misconstrued and victimized. Her alleged evilness was merely retaliation against a charlatan wizard’s corrupt government. 

 

 

 

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