Download wicked announces lottery for $25 best available seats

FOR RELEASE:
March 06, 2007
Contacts:
Broadway Across America:
Charlie Cinnamon
305-672-1324
Jennifer Sierra-Grobbelaar
954-626-7811
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts:
Luis Palomares
786-468-2224
Suzette Espinosa
786-468-2221
WICKED ANNOUNCES LOTTERY FOR $25 BEST AVAILABLE SEATS
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PERFORMANCES BEGIN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
AT CARNIVAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
MIAMI - A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be
performing from March 14 – 25, 2007 at Miami’s new Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. Each day, 2½ hours prior to
each performance, people who present themselves at the Carnival Center Ziff Ballet 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.
Carnival Center recommends the use of the Omni Performing Arts Parking Garage for those participating in the lottery on
weekdays. Visit www.carnivalcenter.org for map and directions.
WICKED is a new 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”) based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. The musical is directed by 2003 and 2004
Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Glengarry Glen Ross) 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 Witch.
WICKED features set design by Eugene Lee (Ragtime, Show Boat, Tony Award winner for Candide and Sweeney Todd),
costume design by Susan Hilferty (Tony nominated for the recent Into the Woods), lighting design by Kenneth Posner (Tony
nominated for Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King and the recent Man of La Mancha). Stephen
Oremus is the show’s music director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn
Abbott.
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The national tour of WICKED has “cast quite a spell” (Washington Post) throughout North America. It opened at Toronto’s
Canon Theatre on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 and sold out a seven-week run. WICKED has continued to break box office
records and sell out multiple-week engagements in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and
Boston to name a few.
WICKED, “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times), began performances in New York on Wednesday, October
8, 2003 at The Gershwin Theatre and continues to be the top-grossing show on Broadway. WICKED is “good enough to run
for a decade or two,” proclaims The Wall Street Journal. It’s “a cultural phenomenon,” exclaims Variety. “If every musical
had the brain, the heart and the courage of WICKED, Broadway really would be a magical place,” states Time Magazine.
The Chicago company of WICKED took the stage on Friday, June 24, 2005 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts,
Oriental Theatre, and London’s West End production opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 27, 2006. The Los
Angeles production of WICKED started performances at the Pantages Theatre on February 10, 2007.
WICKED begins performances Wednesday, March 14 through Sunday, March 25 with performances Tuesday through
Saturday evenings at 8pm, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm with an additional performance Sunday, March
18 at 7:30pm. Tickets range from $25.00 - $77.00. . Premium seat locations are available for performances from March 20 25 for $130.00. Prices listed are not inclusive of applicable handling or service charges. Purchase tickets only from the
following authorized ticket sellers at Broadway Across America – Miami, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts or
Ticketmaster. Tickets can be purchased in person through Carnival Center Box Office or by phone at 305-949-6722 or online
at www.carnivalcenter.org. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster phones at 954-523-3309 in Broward, 305-3585885 in Dade, and 561-966-3309 in Palm Beach or at www.ticketmaster.com and at Ticketmaster outlets.
About Broadway Across America Broadway Across America presents first­rate touring Broadway shows, family productions and other live theatrical events throughout a network of 51 North American cities. A leader in subscription series programs and group ticketing, Broadway Across America is dedicated to creating memorable and accessible experiences for all guests, selling over 5 million tickets to over 3,000 performances each year. Broadway Across America is a division of Live Nation (NYSE: LYV), a leading live content and distribution company focused on creating superior experiences for artists, performers, corporations and fans. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com. Broadway Across America – Miami is presented in arrangement with Florida Theatrical Association, a non­ profit civic organization with a volunteer board of trustees established to ensure the continued presentation of quality national touring Broadway productions in the state of Florida.
About Carnival Center for the Performing Arts Carnival Center is Miami­Dade County’s largest ever public/private­sector partnership, comprised of an $150 million private capital campaign conducted by the Carnival Center Foundation and public funding drawn primarily from the County’s Convention Development Tax revenues, as well as the City of Miami Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency. Greatly enhancing the artistic and educational opportunities in South Florida, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts also will have significant and long­term economic benefits for the city and the region. Carnival Center, designed by world­renowned architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, includes the 2,400­seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the 2,200­seat Knight Concert Hall, a 200­seat black box Studio Theater, the Peacock Education Center, a restored Art Deco Tower, and the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, which unites the Center buildings across Biscayne Boulevard, providing a magnificent setting for outdoor entertainment and informal gatherings. The key members of the design team include theater planning and design consultant Joshua Dachs of Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc. and acoustician Russell Johnson of ARTEC, Inc., both of whom worked on the project since its inception. Under the leadership of President and CEO Michael C. Hardy, Carnival Center is a Miami venue not only for its four resident companies (Concert Association of Florida, Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet, and New World Symphony), but also for many smaller South Florida arts organizations that will perform in its theaters on a regular basis, as well as for the finest popular and classical performances from around the world. With state­of­the­art performance facilities in Miami for the first time, Carnival Center offers South Florida audiences the best and most diverse theater, music, and dance—with a dedication to entertain, challenge, and educate all segments. # # #