WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of …but from a different angle. Long before arrives, there is another girl, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “.” With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “,” WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade.” Time Magazine cheers, “if every musical had the brain, the heart, and the courage of WICKED, Broadway really would be a magical place.”

LOCAL DETAILS: Venue: Fox Cities Performing Arts Center – Thrivent Financial Hall Dates: August 30- September 10, 2017 Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for Wicked are available now to Season Ticket Holders of the Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series as an optional add-on. Groups of 15 or more are also on sale now. Individual tickets will go on sale to the public approximately eight to twelve weeks before opening night.

FACTS:  Wicked returns to the Fox Cities P.A.C. for the fourth time since making its Wisconsin premiere at the Center in 2009.  Wicked has won 35 major awards including a Grammy® and three Tony Awards®.  Based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the , an alternative telling of the 1939 film The and L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

CREATIVE TEAM:  Words & Music – Stephan Schwartz  Book —  Director –  Musical Staging – Wayne Cilento

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