Eye Spy ~ WICKED Tickets Lottery for $25 Seats! {press release}

If you're in the Detroit area this December, you surely don't want to miss a chance to see WICKED at the Detroit Opera House. {Trust me on that one.} But you may be wondering if it's sold out or how you can get the best deal on tickets. The following press release will give you all the info you need.

Don't miss your chance at $25 seats!!!

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PERFORMANCES BEGIN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 AT THE DETROIT OPERA HOUSE

Detroit, MI, Nov. 28, 2011 – A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from December 7–31 at the Detroit Opera House. Each day, 2½ hours prior to show time people who present themselves at the Detroit Opera House box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum and then thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only.  This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person.

WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney’s Enchanted, Academy Award® winner forPocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and “thirtysomething”), is based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire.  The musical 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…).  WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. 

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, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good. 

WICKED features set design by Tony®  Award winning Eugene Lee (Ragtime, Show Boat, Candide, Sweeney Todd), costume design by Tony®  winner Susan Hilferty (Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, Assassins), lighting design by Tony®  nomineeKenneth Posner (Tony®  Award winner for The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King). Stephen Oremus is the show’s music director.  Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.

WICKED has “cast quite a spell” (Washington Post) throughout North America, breaking box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few.

Called “a cultural phenomenon” by Variety, WICKED continues to thrill audiences around the world. There are currently seven productions of WICKED worldwide: New York; London; Japan; Holland; Australian/Asian Tour; and two concurrent North American National Tours. 

Performance times for WICKED, appearing Dec. 7–31 at the Detroit Opera House, located at 1526 Broadway St., in Detroit, are:

Dec. 7 – 11

• Thursday matinee at 1 p.m.
• Wednesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday matinee performances at 2:00 p.m.
• Sunday evening performance at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 13 – 18

• Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday matinee performances at 2:00 p.m.
• Sunday evening performance at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 – 25

• Tuesday through Friday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
• Wednesday and Thursday matinee performances at 1:00 p.m.
• Saturday matinee at 1:00 p.m. This will be a signed performance.
• No Saturday evening performance.
• No performances on Sunday.

Dec. 26 – 31

• Monday through Friday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday matinee performances at 1:00 p.m.
• Saturday (New Year’s Eve) at 6:30 p.m.)


Many performances of WICKED are selling out. The following performances have the best availability of tickets still available:


• Wednesday, December 21 at 1 p.m.
• Thursday, December 22 at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, December 24 at 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 28 at 8 p.m.
• Thursday, December 29 at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.
• Saturday, December 31 at 1 p.m. and 6:30pm
                                   
Ticket prices for the Detroit engagement of WICKED range start at $39 (includes facility fees) and are on sale now at the Fisher Theatre box office and all Ticketmaster locations. Tickets are also available for purchase online atwww.ticketmaster.com/wicked or www.BroadwayinDetroit.com, and by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-982-2787.  Limited view seats may be available by visiting the box office only. For additional information, call (313) 872-1000 or visitwww.BroadwayinDetroit.com.


For more information, visit www.wickedthemusical.com or www.broadwayindetroit.com.


Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway.

**I was not compensated in any way for this post. My "finds" are selected and posted by my own choosing while I receive nothing in return. This is simply something from an email that I wanted to share.(is it that hard to believe a blogger would post something without gaining anything? lol)**