On October 30, 2003, the patrons of Broadway's George Gershwin Theatre were treated to the premiere performance of the Wicked, the highly acclaimed musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz(interestingly enough, the Gershwin was built on the site of the former Capitol Theatre, which had hosted the NYC premiere of the 1939 Wizard of Oz film).
In 2005, the show came to Chicago, where it took up a residence at the Oriental Theatre. Originally, the stay was only to be for a few months, as part of a larger national tour. But then public response proved to be quite overwhelming, and the production received its very own open-ended sit-down production in the Windy City. The performance proved to be so open-ended, that it ran all the way until January 25, 2009.
After that, Wicked finally left Chicago, only to return in December of 2010 for a limited engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, before leaving once more at the end of January 2011. Finally, on October 30, 2013, Wicked came home to the Oriental Theatre for a limited run through December 12. For the next several weeks, audiences will be treated to the timeless stories once again, and even those first-timers will still enjoy themselves.
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