WICKED to Play Ziff Ballet Opera House in 2015

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2010, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County's Ziff Ballet Opera House, March 11 - 29, 2015. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Monday, December 15 at 10:00 a.m.

Tickets start at $49.00* and can be purchased by visiting www.arshtcenter.org or calling the Box Office at (305) 949-6722. Groups of 15 or more should call (786) 468-2326.

WICKED is part of the 2014-2015 Broadway in Miami subscription season presented by Bank of America.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, 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...).

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED, winner of over 100 international awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

"We're excited to welcome WICKED - a new classic - back to the Arsht Center," said John Richard, President and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. "In 2010, Broadway's biggest blockbuster broke our box office records with a complete sold-out engagement. It's a thrill to once again be able to offer Miami theatergoers the opportunity to experience this magnificent musical - be it for the very first time or 10th time!"

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. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

WICKED has been declared "a cultural phenomenon" by Variety and "the best musical of the decade" by Entertainment Weekly. WICKED currently has nine productions around the world, in New York, London, Japan, Australasian Tour, South Korea, Latin America, a U.K. Tour, and two concurrent North American national tours. Since its New York premiere a decade ago, WICKED has grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide and has been seen by over 42 million across the globe. WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 13 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, and Mexico) and has thus far been translated into five languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Korean.

Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED, log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.

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