Something Wicked Is Coming to Singapore

WICKED is coming to Singapore! BASE Entertainment and Marina Bay Sands are proud to announce that the hottest musical in Broadway will open in Singapore at Marina Bay Sand's Grand Theater on 7 December 2011 for a strictly limited season.

WICKED is one of the most successful shows in theater history and Singaporeans and visitors alike will be spellbound by this production. Tickets go on sale 19 August 2011.

Winner of 35 major awards including a Grammy® and  three Tony Awards® including Best Musical, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz, one girl, 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, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West called Elphaba and Glinda the Good Witch.

Currently in its 8th year on Broadway, WICKED's North American and International companies have cumulatively grossed over US$2.2 billion and have been seen by nearly 28 million people worldwide.

"We're delighted that Singapore is now set to follow WICKED productions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the North American tour  and London's West End;' Marc Platt and David Stone said in a joint statement from New York."This will be the first time that WICKED will visit the South East Asian region, and we're absolutely sure that Singaporeans - and visitors from around the region - will be just as enchanted by WICKED as the  audiences are in America, England, Europe, North Asia and Australia."

WICKED opened in London's West End in 2006. In 2007, a Japanese language production of WICKED opened in Tokyo and a German language production of WICKED opened in Stuttgart in the same year. This show has been running in Australia since 2008.

Milan Rokic, Managing Director of BASE Entertainment and promoter of WICKED says ''Get ready Singapore for a musical phenomenon that is unique and quite unlike any other musical. Music theatre lovers will adore WICKED. It's a classic musical entertainment with wit and spectacle and a wonderful score, but it also spans the demographic of people from 8 to 80.

It brings in people who've never been to the theatre, and never thought they would go and they come out spellbound."

The smash-hit musical 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) is based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. WICKED is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon  B. Platt  and David Stone.  Gregory Maguire's best-selling  1995  novel, has sold more than 3 million copies  - 2.5  million since WICKED opened on  Broadway  in  2003. The album sold more than a million   copies and the amazing companion book that goes with the show, The Grimmerie, has sold almost 150,000 copies.

Reviews

"If every musical had the brain, the heart and the courage of WICKED, Broadway really would be a magical place." -Time Magazine

''Hooray! Broadway's got a big new musical that's good enough to run for a decade or two! If it doesn't please you, you're too tough to please. Go!"- Wall Street Journal

"Broadway's biggest blockbuster." - New York Times

"Remember the last time an original Broadway musical made you laugh, cry and think? WICKED is the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in  a long time." -USA Today