Posted by: Adam
Posted on: Tuesday, June 5 2007
Finally the guys down-unda get to enjoy the awesomeness that is Wicked . Announced this week was the production of Wicked Australia which will open at the Regent Theater in Melbourne, Australia in July 2008.
| "WICKED is a phenomenon, quite unlike any other musical. It comes with all the blockbuster bells and whistles, certainly but three things set this show apart." |
The Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, and John Frost (Co-Producer of the Australian production) joined Kerry Ellis and Helen Dallimore at the Apollo Victoria Theatre to officially announce to the press that WICKED will open at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia in July 2008.
John Frost said "WICKED is a phenomenon, quite unlike any other musical. It comes with all the blockbuster bells and whistles, certainly but three things set this show apart. Music theatre lovers adore WICKED. It’s a classic musical entertainment with wit and spectacle and a wonderful score, but it also spans the demographic. People of all ages and backgrounds. It brings in people who’ve never been to the theatre, and never thought they would go and they come out of the theatre spellbound. They all spread the WICKED word. WICKED grows by word of mouth in a way and to a degree unlike any show I know. WICKED is unique. A juggernaut. Week by week it just gets bigger and bigger. By the time we open in Melbourne the word will be out: the hottest show in the nation is... WICKED."
Premier Steve Bracks Premier welcomed the number one smash hit musical to Australia saying "WICKED has received worldwide critical acclaim and it is a real testament to the strength of Melbourne's reputation as the theatre capital of Australia that the producers have chosen to premiere the show in Victoria."
Producers Marc Platt and David Stone said in a joint statement from New York: "We're delighted that Melbourne is now set to follow WICKED productions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the North American tour and London's West End. Melbourne will join new productions springing up around the world over the next 16 months, and we're absolutely sure that Aussies – and international visitors to Melbourne – will be just as enchanted by WICKED as the audiences are in America and England." |
