Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls met in the land of Oz. One was born with emerald-green skin - smart, fiery, misunderstood and possessing an extraordinary talent and the other, a bubbly blonde who was exceptionally popular … WICKED looks at what happened in the land of Oz – but from a different angle.
Presented by Capital Theatre Trust and G&T Productions, WICKED will turn 20 in 2023 and Wellington can join the party. For the very first time, WICKED is landing in the Capital.
WICKED is the winner of over 100 international awards including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards. WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 16 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, and China) and has so far been translated into six languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean, and Portuguese.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, it is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, in turn based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation.