News/Updates

Update! (March 24, 2004)

Hello! Today I received an e-mail from a fan named Mark. Here is what he said:

Hey Guys...Did you know that Kristin has a great picture on page 38 of the Spring 2004 issue of SHOW PEOPLE...she is listed as one of the most alluring women of this season...it's a shame they didn't put Idina in it too...also on page 52, there is an article entitled "Witch Hunt"...It is an exclusive look at how the marketing team developed the poster for WICKED. They show five different versions of the poster and also 8 different fonts that were looked at. It also gives descriptions of why they didn't use them. Really neat!! Check it out...

We don't have a copy of the magazine, but I hope you enjoy it if you do. You can always check out showpeople.com and see if they have anything on the website. Thanks Mark. I know I am slow in responding to e-mails, (Sarah's bad)but please be patient.

Update! (March 18, 2004)

This is now officially the update-once-in-a-fortnight page! Oy vey. It's funny, though. I (Ben) am in Children of Eden right now, another Schwartz masterpiece, and you can totally hear Wicked starting to happen. It's quite exciting. Anywhom, Idina Menzel was on, I believe, a scheduled absence today (we're not sure the reason), and therefore missed her first show since previews started in October. Hey - one show out of 189? That ain't so bad. Kristin Chenoweth is now back in the show after further suffering from throat ailments. But she is fully healthy now. We wish her all the health in the world. She has sincerely written to fans apologizing for her absences. We know she hates having to call in sick. Congrats to Eden Espinoza, who, as aforementioned, went on as Elphaba for the first time today. We are sure that she was wonderful. Also, congrats to Laura Bell Bundy, who has been covering for Glinda on and off recently. Last week's Broadway grosses were up a while ago. Wicked is back at the top - well, almost. It was third in gross, with $1,064,717, behind The Producers and The Lion King. Although the show was at 100% attendance, it was still third (can you believe that?), behind the same shows. Here is the article: Broadway Grosses. Check it out! Two new things from Broadway.com today - legendary diva Liza Minelli (who made the character of Sally Bowles famous, darlings) visited "old chum" Joel Grey last week by seeing Wicked this week - and boy, did she love it! She even got up on stage and sang a few bars of "Wilkommen" with the Wonderful Wizard. Here are the photos: Article. Also, there is an extensive Stage Notes about Idina Menzel and her new CD, in particular. It's about halfway down the page, and is under the fittingly titled heading "Look a Look at Her Now" (which is, undoubtedly, a take on one of Idina's songs from The Wild Party called "Take a Look at Me Now"). Here is the article: Stage Notes. Check it out! Finally, the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids annual Easter Bonnet competition is raging between every show on Broadway right now, and Wicked is no exception. They need your help to raise the most money for BC/EFA - a wonderful cause. The competition runs until mid-April, when the winner is announced. So get out there, see the show, and buy those signed playbills like there's no tomorrow!

P.S. Did we ever mention that in November, when we saw Wicked last, Michelle Federer (Nessarose) told us that she had seen the site and loved it. We felt so loved. Have a nice day!

Update! (March 18, 2004) Wicked has announced a tour that is headed towards Toronto. Good news for all of you Canadians. Check out the article A hit show that's truly Wicked: Broadway blast to play Toronto.

Update! (March 11, 2004)Melissa Bell Chait recently suffered a minor stroke and ended up in the hospital. The article follows: Wicked's Melissa Bell Chait Out of Hospital. She is expected to return to the show in a few weeks. We wish her well. Tidbit: Idina Menzel has never missed a show in NY, and only one show in San Francisco. The one show she missed in San Francisco was before opening night so that she would be ready. NICE JOB! We appreciate every bit Idina. Has anyone gotten her CD yet? We haven't yet, but I have heard a few songs from my girlfriend and from Idina's site. I'm sure it's amazing. I (Sarah) am in Cabaret right now, and it is going very well. I am exhausted though.

Update! (March 10, 2004)

Thank you for not abandoning our site (if you haven't)! Sarah's show opens tomorrow and mine on Monday, so once we're in performances, our schedules won't be as hectic. Lots of news today. Newest Broadway Grosses are up: Broadway Grosses. Wicked dropped a bit this week, perhaps due to kristin Chenoweth's absence during the week (due to illness). Fortunately, cold season is ending. Wicked is third in gross, at $956,417 (behind The Producers and The Lion King). Wicked is fourth in attendance, at 92.9% (behind The Producers, Mamma Mia, and The Lion King). Check it out! Also, Kristin Chenoweth has been announced as the host for the 2004 Drama League Awards, to be held on May 14 at the Grand Hyatt in midtown - here is the full story: Playbill Article. In other Wicked-related news, Stephen Schwartz and the cast of Wicked will be signing Wicked CDs on March 12th at the new Borders bookstore at Columbus Circle in New York from 5-6 P.M. Gregory Maguire will also be autographing the special edition of the novel. The Wicked vocal selections are available for preorder, but we haven't got the link yet. More to come.

Update! (March 4, 2004)

Happy March! The latest Broadway grosses are up, and we are actually posting them! Wow! Wicked is once again third in gross ($1,010,324), behind The Producers and The Lion King. Wicked is second in attendance at 97.1%, behind The Producers. Check out the article: Playbill. A beautiful Elphaba bear has been designed for the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS event "Broadway Bears" (not "Broadway Bares"; Elphaba is fully clothed). Here is the link; she is down at the bottom of the page. Elphaba Bear. More to come soon!

Update! (February 22, 2004)

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone! The latest Broadway grosses (week of February 9-15) were up a while ago. Wicked is once again over one million dollars, with a total gross of $1,001,323! This puts the show in third place in gross, behind (surprise, surpsrise) The Lion King and The Producers. In attendance, Wicked was at 96.2% (also third place, behind King Lear and The Producers). Check out the article: Broadway Grosses. There is also a rather amusing article up on Playbill about Joel Grey, Wicked's Wizard. A Wonder-Filled Wiz, the article, is at the link. On Tuesday, February 17th, the annual Broadway Festival was held, and Broadway.com was there! Among the cast members were Laura Bell Bundy and Eden Espinosa, the standbys for Glinda and Elphaba, respectively. They sang "For Good". The article is here: Broadway Festival 2004. Be sure to go through all the photos, because towards the end there is a good picture of them singing "For Good". If anyone out there knows of the publication called Zink magazine, there is reportedly a four page question and answer interview with Kristin Chenoweth. Check it out! Finally, there is a great article about Idina Menzel on Stage Line: Article. Check it out!

Update! (February 10, 2003) There is a Wicked the Musical trivia quiz that I (Sarah) found on google today. Check it out Wicked Quiz. Not too hard, but it's fun.

Update! (February 9, 2003)

Idina's six song CD "Here" will be available for purchase on Tuesday, February 10th! It will be available online soon and at the theatre in case you're planning on seeing WICKED in the near future.

The above update is brought to you thanks to the official site of Idina Menzel at idinamenzel.com. You can see the cover of the CD in the music section. If anyone finds out where the CD will be sold let me know-amazon doesn't even have it. We are going to check our local stores tomorrow. Also for any nail polish fans out there-OPI has launched a series called Holiday on Broadway. Buy it here. Sarah's girlfriend says that she has seen a Wicked themed one. It is green and has sparkles in it. Unfortunately, it isn't listed anywhere on the internet yet. Good luck in finding it!

Update! (February 6, 2004)

Idina Menzel finally answered those questions we all sent her. Are any of your questions up there? Here it is: Ask a Star: Idina Menzel. Also, our favorite leading ladies have new pictures up on Broadway.com. Apparently, the event took place in a special talkback session at Planet Hollywood today (February 6, 2004). David Stone, one of the producers, was also interviewed. There are pictures and more info at Wicked Witches Fly Into Winterfest Event.

Update! (February 1, 2004)

Check out this really awesome Idina Menzel fan site: IDINA MENZEL A new unoffical fan site About the fantastic woman of stage/screen. We are again finally posting week-old Broadway grosses, for the week of January 19-25. It was a very slow week, but Wicked was second in gross ($1,004,090 - behind The Producers) and also second in attendance (95.1% - also behind The Producers). Here is the article: Playbill Article. There is an old AP article on the special effects in Wicked - very cool: Article. The article is to the side of the picture. Wicked is taking part in a program in which several performances will be sign-language interpreted or open captioned. Wicked, doing the most of the group, will be doing four of these performances. BRAVO! Sarah is learning Sign Language, and Ben is trying, so this was exciting. Here is the article: Article. Finally, Kristin Chenoweth was out of Wicked last night (Saturday). Her standby, Laura Bell Bundy, went on for the first time as Galinda/Glinda. Congratulations to her! No official release of why Kristin was out has been posted, but we're sure she had a legitimate reason. We hope she is in the show today!

Update! (January 25, 2004)

Wicked reaches its 100th performance since opening night today. Congratulations (Or Congratulotions, if you're so inclined) to them all! We are finally posting wek-old Broadway grosses today. For the week of January 12-18, Wicked was 3rd in overall gross with $1,013,453. That is behind The Producers and The Lion King, respectively. Wicked was fourth in attendance rate, at 95.2%. That is behind The Producers, Henry IV, and Avenue Q, respectively. Here is the whole article: Broadway Grosses. Also, Wicked cast member Jan Neuberger (Midwife) will be performing her one woman show Boomer Girl: A One (Middle-Aged) Woman Show at Mama Rose's Cabaret in New York City. Check out the article at Playbill.com: Jan Nueberger Article.

Update! (January 20, 2004)

Norbert Leo Butz is now back full time as Fiyero, though he filled in two surprise performances over the weekend. From January 19-February 1, Idina Menzel will be featured on "Radio Playbill": Article. There is a new article on Carole Shelley at playbill.com. The cool part is-she wrote it herself. Check it out: Lucky to Be Wicked.

Update! (January 14, 2004)

Really exciting new Press release today:

The original cast recording of the smash hit Broadway musical WICKED has just made Billboard's Top 200 Chart, landing at #187 with a bullet (the bullet indicates that the album is one of those with the greatest gains in sales) in last week's nationwide album sales. The chart will appear in this Friday's edition of Billboard. WICKED, produced for Decca Broadway by composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz and released on December 16, will also be listed at #13 for album sales in New York, the number-one market in the country. WICKED will be the only Broadway recording appearing on the Billboard chart. WICKED has seen box office grosses of over 1 million dollars for each of the last seven weeks at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre (222 W. 51st St.). Richard Zoglin of Time Magazine recently proclaimed WICKED the #1 Musical of the Year. In addition to Time, WICKED and its stars were also featured on the year-end lists in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Time Out, the Star-Ledger, WOR Radio and the Advocate.

Update! (January 13, 2004)

New Broadway grosses for the week of January 5-11 are up at Playbill.com! Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) hosted a show for 3 performers. Wicked is third in gross, and fifth in average attendance percentage. This week, Wicked grossed a formidable $1,018,069 - in a very slow week for all Broadway shows. It was behind only The Producers and The Lion King. In average attendance, Wicked was at 95.6%, behind The Producers, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, and Henry IV. Check out the article: Article. Kristin Chenoweth, Jane Krakowski (Nine, Ally McBeal), and Tom Wopat performed. This is mostly an update on Kristin Chenoweth's outside performances, more than an update about Wicked. Check out the Photo Op: MTC Gets Intimate With Three Talented Stars.

UPDATE! (January 12, 2004)

Take this Wicked quiz at quizilla.com. What Wicked character are you? Sarah's results:

WOO-HOO!! You are Elphaba! You are a fierce Green
Ball of awesomeness! There is nothing you
can't do...except for taking a bath.

what WICKED character are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

UPDATE! (January 8, 2004)

This Sunday, January 11, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel will be on A&E discussing their roles, along with other stars of the arts. The show will air at 8:00 am - most likely eastern time zone. Check your local listings!

UPDATE! (January 8, 2004)

Check out this article from Playbill.com-they announced that both Kristin and Idina will be eligible for lead actress Tony nominations. They also made rulings on other shows-such as Avenue Q, Taboo, Boy from OZ. The article: Tony Rulings: Taboo Score Eligible, Oz Score Not; Little Shop a Revival. There are lots of new updates today! Firstly, Kristin Chenoweth has been signed to do a low-budget musical film. It is not decided yet when filming will begin. Here is the article: Article. Check it out! There is an article on USA Today about Stephen Schwartz and director son Scott Schwartz: Article. There is another article up at Playbill.com that compares the sales of Wicked CD to some other CDs of Blockbuster shows: Article. Someone on the Stephen Schwartz website asked how long Idina and Kristin are contracted to be in the show. The answer is here: Answer. Someone also asked when the songbook for Wicked will come out. The answer is here: Answer. Finally, for the week of December 29-January 4, Wicked was fifth in average attendance, on average selling the Gershwin Theatre to 100% capacity! Wicked was also third in average gross, with a whopping $1,188,937, setting a new Gershwin house record! Bravo! Our friend Reilly would like you all to know, "I LOVE Wicked!"

UPDATE! (January 6, 2004)

There are plans for a musical film version of Wicked in development. The Broadway.com article is here: (it is in an article about The Producers, at the bottom.) Article. Check it out! Also, Kristin Chenoweth will make her Carnegie Hall debut this September: Chenoweth Concert. Check it out and start saving money!

UPDATE! (January 4, 2004)

There is a great new interview up at Broadway.com with Michelle Federer (Nessarose): Interview. Check it out!

New Page! (January 3, 2004)

Scroll down to our very messy link section and you will see a new link. We finally have our first Wicked Fan story up. So many of you have sent us interesting stories-especially the lucky man who met Idina Menzel's family. Please submit your stories/pictures. Thanks.

UPDATE! (January 2, 2004)

Today and the rest of the week we are majorly updating the site, so have patience and don't worry if things move. We are actually going to now put up a fan stories section, but our computer lost everything, so if you'd like to have a fan story on that page, please resubmit your stories. We promise we'll do it this time! On the bright side, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel are mentioned in Playbill.com's Diva Talk: Best of 2003. The link is here: Diva Talk. Check it out!

UPDATE! (December 31, 2003)

Happy new year everyone! Well, almost. There is a wrap-up of 2003 up at Broadway.com. Wicked is included in many of the articles. Here is the link: Wrap-Up 2003. Here is our New Year's Resolution: Don't be so lazy with this site. Indeed, we plan to have a site-update day by the end of the week. Oh yes, and by the way, yesterday Wicked celebrated its two month anniversary on Broadway (Since opening night). That's more than some other shows this season could say. Congrats and here's to many more months! Happy new year again!

UPDATE! (December 30, 2003)

Encouraging new Broadway grosses are up at Playbill.com for the week of December 22-28! Nearly every show on Broadway did particularly well this week, and Wicked was right at the top. Again, Wicked topped the million-dollar mark this week, with a whopping $1,182,972. This was only second to The Lion King. (Darn Disney!) Although Wicked filled the Gershwin on average to 100% PERCENT CAPACITY this week (Bravo!), it was fourth in average capacity, behind Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, and Hairspray, respectively. The chart is here: Broadway Grosses. Check it out!

Update! (December 29, 2003)

There are two "Best of 2003" articles up at Broadway.com. Both mention Wicked (well, one mentions just the stars). That one is here: Best of 2003. The other one is here: Best of 2003 #2. Check them out! There is also a rather negative review of the Wicked CD up at Playbill.com: CD Review. There were two positive ones up recently Broadway.com that we should have linked (sorry), so we'll try to dig them up from archives.

Update! (December 25, 2003) Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy any other holiday or no holiday at all! (We tried!) I don't know if we ever mentioned it, but wickedthemusical.com is selling the Wicked souvenir program. Pre-order now if you want. I have heard the programs will be available in the theatre sometime next week. Check out the direct link Ozdust Boutique. Finally, Taye Diggs started his run for Wicked 2 days early. He appeared on stage on December 22. Break a leg Taye!

Update! (December 22, 2003) There is an interview with Idina Menzel on playbill.com. Check it out: DIVA TALK.

UPDATE!(December 21, 2003) Check out Broadway.com's coverage of the recent Wicked CD signing: Wicked Fans Get Their Favorite New CD Signed.

Update! (December 18, 2003)

You can now ask Idina Menzel questions at Broadway. com: Here. Check it out and ask away!

Update! (December 18, 2003) Stephanie J. Block was the understudy for Elphaba in San Francisco before going on to play Liza Minelli in The Boy From Oz. We personally didn't see her go on in San Francisco, but I know people thought she was wonderful. We found this interview: Stephanie Block Interview. She mentions Wicked a lot, and it is heart breaking to read how much she loved the role. Check it out and wish her well in her career.

Update! (December 16, 2003) Our Wicked CD's arrived. They are awesome-everyone enjoy. Order one if you haven't gotten it yet.

UPDATE! (December 13, 2003)

There is a website that has some good clips of the Wicked album up: Here. The clips kind of lag, however. There also are a couple weird distortions of voices. Anyway, check it out!

UPDATE! (December 12, 2003)

There is A LOT of new stuff up at the store! Check it out! And there's even more to come! NOTE: Neither the Kristin Chenoweth or Idina Menzel sections are done yet! bear with us...

There is a good review of the Wicked Cast Album up at Broadway.com - Review. Kristin Chenoweth's absence during the month of May to do Candide (only one week - don't worry) has been confirmed. Check it out here: (you have to scroll a lot) Q & A at Broadway.com. A new ticket block, from April to June 27, goes on sale tomorrow. Start saving up, everyone! Another good CD review is up at Playbill.com: Review. Scroll past the Donna Murphy thing. Or read it, if you are so inclined. Finally, On Friday, December 19, Stephen Schwartz and cast members of Wicked will be signing CDs at the Gershwin Theatre, from 5-6 PM. The CD will be available for purchase at that time. Put it on your calendars!

UPDATE! (December 9, 2003)

Well, Norbert Leo Butz is still out of Wicked, now on injury leave until January 20th. But guess who is replacing him for a brief engagement, from December 25 to January 18! None other than Idina Menzel's husband Taye Diggs, who will play the role of Fiyero for that time period. The role is currently being played by understudy Kristoffer Cusick. Check out the article - and read it - Idina has some funny quotes: Broadway.com Article. Also, today is our six-month anniversary of being on the web. Thank you all!

UPDATE! (December 8, 2003) Wicked is going on tour in 2005. Check out the Playbill article: Very "Popular": Schwartz's Wicked To Tour in 2005 Also check out this Joel Grey interview: PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Joel Grey. Finally, Joel Grey has played the Wizard before. Reviews for this Wizard of Oz can be seen at the bottom of the page: The Wizard of Oz in Concert - St. Louis Light Opera. The cast also included Natalie Cole and Nathan Lane.

UPDATE! (December 7, 2003)

Hello all! We're back from our state of laziness, and we're ready to work! Check out our new Wicked store: Wicked Store. Here, you can buy lots of stuff, just in time for the holidays. We wil put up more specific Wicked links later! Go shop through us! Happy December 7th!

UPDATE! (December 1, 2003) GOOD NEWS!

She's dead! (Just kidding - nevermind) Happy December everyone! We hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving holidays. There really is good news! For the week of November 24-30, Wicked shattered the Gershwin Theatre record for most gross in a single week, with a whopping gross of $1,121,308! Bravo for Wicked! We hope this continues!

UPDATE! (November 30, 2003) If you haven't pre-ordered the cast recording you can now order it from us: Wicked Cast Recording. The CD is now listed at $13.49. If you still haven't read the book check it out: Gregory Maguire's Novel. The novel is a seperate piece than the musical, but it is also very good in its own way. We will continue to add links if people are interested in buying through us. Thanks so much!

UPDATE! (November 30, 2003) Hello everyone! Wicked was lovely. We will tell you more soon. We have been accepted for the associates program!

UPDATE! (November 26, 2003)

Hello all. We are currently in New York, where we will be catching the Saturday night performance (the 29th). If anyone is seeing the show Saturday night, we are in Row H of the orchestra, seats 1, 3, 5, & 7. Stop by and say hi! Remember - tomorrow is the Thanksgiving Day Parade! Out here it is on NBC, and Wicked will be shown at about 9:15 AM. Check your local listings. Make sure to watch a little early, because it could be shown early. There will also be other shows performing, including Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia!, and The Boy From Oz - the cast of this show features former Wicked cast member Stephanie J. Block. Happy Thanksgiving!

UPDATE! (November 24, 2003)

As Kristin Chenoweth steps back in to Wicked, another principal performer steps out. Norbert Leo Butz will be out for at least a week, due to an aggravation of an existing back injury. The understudy, Kristoffer Cusick, will play the role of Fiyero until Butz returns. The article is here: Broadway.com. Also, there is a new mixed review of Wicked up at the Guardian: Here. Check it out!

UPDATE! (November 22, 2003)

Kristin Chenoweth, after being absent from Wicked since November 18th due to a throat infection, is making her return to the Gershwin Theatre tonight. Break a leg to her and to the rest of the cast tonight, and we hope she has recovered fully.

UPDATE! (November 19, 2003) We cleaned up the main page a bit. All old news has been moved to the news page. We have received so many e-mails about our site. Thanks so much for the support-keep loving the show! Jonathan sent us the official Wicked recording song list. Check it out. "The Wicked Witch of the East" is missing.

Wicked Original Broadway Cast Album Track List courtesy of Decca Broadway:

1. NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED - Glinda and Citizens of Oz

2. DEAR OLD SHIZ - Glinda and Students

3. THE WIZARD AND I - Morrible, Elphaba

4. WHAT IS THIS FEELING? - Glinda, Elphaba and Students

5. SOMETHING BAD - Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba

6. DANCING THROUGH LIFE - Fiyero, Glinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students

7. POPULAR - Glinda

8. I'M NOT THAT GIRL - Elphaba

9. ONE SHORT DAY - Glinda, Elphaba and Denizens of the Emerald City

10. A SENTIMENTAL MAN - The Wizard

11. DEFYING GRAVITY - Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Citizens of Oz

12. THANK GOODNESS - Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz

13. WONDERFUL - The Wizard, Elphaba

14. I'M NOT THAT GIRL (reprise) - Glinda

15. AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE - Elphaba and Fiyero

16. NO GOOD DEED - Elphaba

17. MARCH OF THE WITCH HUNTERS - Boq and Citizens of Oz

18. FOR GOOD - Glinda and Elphaba

19. FINALE - All

UPDATE! (November 19, 2003)

A website has both the "Popular" clip from the Today show on the 12th and the "Defying Gravity" performance from last night on Letterman, which, by the way, was incredible. Here's the link: Videos. Check it out!

UPDATE! (November 18, 2003)

Don't forget - Wicked is on Letterman tonight! Also, in less happy news, Kristin Chenoweth was out of the show again tonight. We assume her throat infection is lingering, and we wish her a speedy recovery.

UPDATE! (November 16, 2003)

there is a new negative review up at NYTheatre.com: Review. Check it out! Also, in news about the stars, there may be a musical version of Legally Blonde in the works. If there is, Kristin Chenoweth may star in it. The article is here: Here. (Scroll down to the IN BOX session, and it's the third letter.)

UPDATE! (November 14, 2003)

Kristin Chenoweth was out of Wicked on Thursday, November 13, due to a throat ailment. Standing outside in the cold on the Today Show probably didn't help...yikes! Fortunately, she was on tonight. She's a real trooper and we would like to send out our appreciation and a wish for a speedy recovery. NOTE: Melissa Bell Chait, Kristin's understudy, played the role Thursday night.

There also some good articles up at Playbill.com: Behind The Rainbow, Kristin Chenoweth Neck Injury, and Macy's Wicked Windows. Check them out!

UPDATE! (November 12, 2003)

New pictures of the Wicked recording session from yesterday are up at Broadway.com: Pictures. I guess there wasn't a performance yesterday.

UPDATE! (November 11, 2003)

New Broadway grosses for the week of November 3-9: Wicked is still fourth in the box office in terms of gross, at $892,085, which is about $92,000 more than last week. In capacity, Wicked is fifth, at an average attendance rate of 95.21%, about a 7% increase from last week.

Also, some new reviews: a third TheatreMania review (a good review) Here, and a Time Magazine review: Here (also positive). A GREAT new multimedia feature at Broadway.com about Wicked's opening night: Opening Night (There are some great clips of the show as well as interviews). Finally, there is a quiz about Wicked , as well as other B'way shows, up at Playbill.com: Here. Check it out!

UPDATE! (November 11, 2003)

This time it's true! Wicked will be performing on The Today Show (NBC) tomorrow. Check local listings.

UPDATE! (November 10, 2003)

A couple new things today. The Wicked cast recording I believe is being recorded today and tomorrow, but it could be just today or just tomorrow. Release is mid-December (Although I think they announced that it would be December 16th).

In Broadway grosses last week, during the week of October 27th – November 2nd, Wicked placed 4th in grosses, behind, respectively, Mamma Mia! (At the Winter Garden; $941,680), Hairspray (At the Neil Simon; $960,960), and the ever-popular The Lion King (At the New Amsterdam; $1,097,837). The total attendance last week at Wicked was 12,577, and the average attendance percentage was 88.7%. That percentage is a 10.5% drop from the week before. 99.2%. Wicked’s gross last week was $67,087 greater than the week before ($732,199). The link to the entire chart is here: Broadway Grosses

FINALLY, there are two irregular performances schedules that we have discovered: Christmas Week and New Year’s Week. Here is the Christmas week schedule:

Monday, December 22nd - 8 PM

Tuesday, December 23rd - 7 PM

Wednesday, December 24th - DARK

Thursday, December 25th - 8 PM

Friday, December 26th - 2 PM, 8 PM

Saturday, December 27th - 2 PM, 8 PM

Sunday, December 28th - 3 PM

And New Year’s Week:

Monday, December 29th - 8 PM

Tuesday, December 30th - 2 PM, 7 PM

Wednesday, December 31st - 2 PM, 8 PM

Thursday, January 1st - DARK

Friday, January 2nd - 8 PM

Saturday, January 3rd - 2 PM, 8 PM

Sunday, January 4th - 3 PM