The Producers of the worldwide smash
WICKED announced today that a 2nd North American Tour will launch in
Fort Myers, FL in March 2009. Performances at the Barbara B Mann
Performing Arts Hall begin March 7 and run through March 29, 2009.
Producer Marc Platt states,
"Theatregoers across North America have embraced WICKED, creating an
overwhelming demand for tickets and a wildly successful
1st North American Tour. The upcoming
launch of this 2nd touring company will allow us to bring WICKED to
markets which we have not yet been able to visit, as well as return to
cities which have been asking for a second (or third) engagement."
Following the premiere in Fort Myers, the tour will fly into:
Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall April 3-19, 2009
Jacksonville Times Union Center April 23-May 10, 2009
Norfolk Chrysler Hall May 13-31, 2009
Indianapolis Murat Centre June 3-21, 2009
Memphis Orpheum Theatre June 24-July 12, 2009
Additional cities will be announced in the future.
The current WICKED tour, which has been
seen by nearly 3.6 million people and broken the house record in every
single city in which it has played, will continue to fly into cities
across North America. Upcoming tour stops include:
Rochester Auditorium Theatre May 28-June 15, 2008
Buffalo Shea's Performing Arts Center June 18-July 13, 2008
East Lansing Wharton Center July 16-August 10, 2008
Ottawa National Arts Centre August 13-31, 2008
Pittsburgh Benedum Center September 3-October 5, 2008
Atlanta Fox Theatre October 8-November 2, 2008
Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre November 5-Dec 7, 2008
Detroit Opera House Dec 10, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009
Louisville Kentucky Center January 7-February 1, 2009
Appleton Fox Cities Performing Arts Center February 4-March 1, 2009
Portland Keller Auditorium March 4-April 5, 2009
Salt Lake City Capitol Theatre April 8-May 3, 2009
Omaha Orpheum Theatre May 6-31, 2009
San Antonio Majestic Theatre June 3-28, 2009
Tempe Gammage Auditorium July 1-26, 2009
Additional cities will be announced in the future.
Called "one of the most successful shows
in Broadway history" by The New York Times and "a phenomenon that keeps
growing" by the Los Angeles Times, WICKED continues to thrill audiences
at every performance on Broadway and around the world. The Broadway
production of WICKED began performances in New York on October 8, 2003
at The Gershwin Theatre. The Chicago open-ended engagement took the
stage on Friday, June 24, 2005 at The Ford Center for the Performing
Arts/Oriental Theatre, and will end its triumphant run on January 25,
2009 after 1,500 performances. The Los Angeles extended engagement at
the Pantages Theatre opened on February 21, 2007 and will move to San
Francisco for a first performance on January 27, 2009.
The London production of WICKED opened
on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. A
Japanese-language production of the musical opened in Tokyo on June 17,
2007 and a German-language production opened in Stuttgart on November
15, 2007. An Australian production of WICKED will open in Melbourne on
July 12, 2008 and a Dutch-language production of WICKED will open in
2009.
