The Wizard of Oz story is back, with a twist.
Have you ever wondered about the witches of Oz… where it all began?
A long time before Dorothy dropped her house on the sands of Oz, the witches danced in the neighborhood.
One of them, born with lovely green skin is brilliant and completely misunderstood, while the other is gorgeous, and wildly popular.
These two end up as quite unlikely friends and evolve to be the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the good.
If you’re interested in the story behind the story, then Wicked is something you can’t miss.
Offering music and lyrics from the same composer who wrote them for Godspell, Pippin and Pocahontas, Steven Schwartz took a best selling novel by Gerry Maguire and added a bit of magic of his own.
Touched with the magic of the Wizard of Oz and then some, you have to see the untold story that lies behind the witches of Oz.
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The current financial crisis has now also started to affect Broadway. According to New York Post, three popular shows, Hairspray, Monty Python’s Spamalot and Spring Awakening are prematurely closing down in the next few months.
13 – The Musical, A Tale of Two Cities and Boeing-Boeing are other productions that are in the hot zone and might also face early shutdowns.
Predictions are that the spring theater season will be thin, and that future Broadway shows might have trouble getting funding.
“We are in a very, very serious situation. We have lost the New York audience and have become dependent on foreign tourists. But their currencies are weakening and their economies are in very bad shape. That is going to affect us. The Broadway League needs to start planning for a troubled future. And that may mean meetings with unions to discuss the costs of this industry, which are out of control,” said theater producer James B. Freydberg.
If you ever were thinking of catching any of the above shows on Broadway, now might be a good time, before it’s too late.
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