'Wicked' Chicago Extends Ticket Sales through January 2008

The record-breaking Chicago production of Wicked, the longest-running Broadway show in Chicago history, will soon release a new block of tickets for performances November 6, 2007 through January 27, 2008; to go on-sale to the public on Friday, August 10 at 10AM.

Tickets ($25-$90) and are available via the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at 312-902-1400, in person at all Broadway In Chicago box offices (Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre; Cadillac Palace Theatre; LaSalle Bank Theatre), all Ticketmaster ticket centers and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

"Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular," state press notes, "Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch."

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. Wicked is currently presented in Chicago, on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre, on a national tour, in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre and in London at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.

The Chicago production of Wicked performs in an open-run at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts,

Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.  For more information, visit www.wickedthemusical.com/chicago