Wicked Sales
3rd January 2007

WICKED BREAKS ALL-TIME RECORDS FOR A SINGLE WEEK’S GROSS IN LONDON AND ON BROADWAY

The hit musical WICKED has set new all-time records for a single week’s gross in the West End and on Broadway. For the week 26-30/31 December 2006, WICKED grossed a record-breaking £873,020 ($1.7 million) in London and $1.8 million on Broadway. WICKED was the top-selling show during Christmas week in both cities. The musical also broke Box Office records in Chicago and Toronto.

WICKED has already been seen by over a quarter of million theatregoers in London since its first public performance on 7 September 2006, with over 20,000 people attending performances at the Apollo Victoria during Christmas week. The production has grossed £10 million at the Box Office in 16 weeks.

WICKED tells the captivating untold story of an extraordinary friendship between two girls: the blond and popular Glinda and the misunderstood green girl, Elphaba, whose destiny is to become the Wicked Witch of the West.

The London production of WICKED stars: Kerry Ellis as Elphaba, Helen Dallimore as Glinda, Adam Garcia as Fiyero, Miriam Margolyes as Madame Morrible, Nigel Planer as The Wizard, Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond, James Gillan as Boq and Katie Rowley Jones as Nessarose.

WICKED is presented in London by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. UK General Management: Nick Salmon / Act Productions, Executive Producer: Michael McCabe.