Tag Archives: Wicked

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Posted on January 19, 2022 by boz

Last night, the PBS-TV series Great Performances presented “Reopening: The Broadway Revival,” the 16th episode of its 49th season, which pulled back the curtain on some of Broadway’s most popular shows, revealing how the New York theater industry undertook the … Continue reading →

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021

Posted on November 2, 2021 by boz

The 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will welcome back public viewing along designated portions of the route this year, after a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic. In addition, there will be live performances from the current Broadway … Continue reading →

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2020 Tony Award Winners

Posted on September 27, 2021 by boz

The long-awaited ceremony for the 2020 Tony Awards not only celebrated the 2019-20 Broadway season but also the return of live stage performances after 18 months of pandemic lockdown. In a bifurcated broadcast, the majority of awards were presented during … Continue reading →

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Broadway’s Big Night

Posted on September 15, 2021 by boz

A second group of Broadway musicals has returned to in-person performances, as New York’s stages begin to reopen and welcome back audiences after 18 months in the dark. Last night, Tony winners Chicago, Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked joined Waitress and … Continue reading →

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Wicked in Concert

Posted on August 31, 2021 by boz

On Sunday, PBS premiered Wicked in Concert, a musical celebration of the iconic theater score by composer Stephen Schwartz in reimagined musical arrangements especially created for the event. Original Broadway cast stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth hosted the concert, … Continue reading →

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Wicked Reopens in South Korea

Posted on April 13, 2021 by boz

South Korea is one of few countries to have begun presenting shows to capacity audiences amid the coronavirus pandemic. The latest musical to reopen there is the Korean-language version of Wicked, the first mounting of that show to reopen anywhere. … Continue reading →

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Today in Musical History: Wicked

Posted on October 30, 2020 by boz

The Broadway production of the mega-musical Wicked opened at the Gershwin Theatre on Oct. 30, 2003, after its world premiere at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. The idea for the show began when Stephen Schwartz read Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked. … Continue reading →

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Essential Musicals: Hamilton

Posted on May 19, 2020 by boz

Once in a generation, a musical comes along that resets the theatrical atmosphere and perhaps enters the wider popular culture. Hamilton is such a show — as Show Boat was in the 1920s, Oklahoma! in the 1940s, Hair in the … Continue reading →

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Wicked Joins Smithsonian Collection

Posted on December 27, 2012 by boz

During “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” a special ceremony on Dec. 17, the award-winning musical Wicked joined Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, A Chorus Line, Cats, The Lion King, and Rent in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading List

Posted on July 9, 2012 by boz

If you’re like me, you spent most of June catching up with this past season’s New York productions of musicals. Over a frenzied Memorial Day holiday in New York, I saw six shows in four days! As New York (and … Continue reading →

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