WICKED Returns to the Orange County Performing Arts Center 3/9-4/3/2011

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2006, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to the Orange County Performing Arts Center March 9 - April 3, 2011. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Sunday, December 12 at 10 a.m.

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy® Award-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life, Once And Again and thirtysomething), WICKED is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed...).

Tickets to see WICKED are available now with a Broadway Series custom package. Single ticket prices will start at $38.75 and go on sale Sunday, December 12 at 10 a.m.