WICKED Named 'Greatest Musical of Past 30 Years' by Dress Circle

The smash hit musical WICKED has been named GREATEST MUSICAL OF THE PAST 30 YEARS in an online poll conducted by Dress Circle - "the greatest showbiz shop in the world" - as part of their 30th Anniversary celebrations.

Executive Producer Michael McCabe said: "We are absolutely thrilled to have won this award. Since opening in London, Wicked has been lucky to have won several major awards in polls conducted by members of the theatregoing public.

However, it is particularly meaningful to us that the passionate musical theatre fans who are such loyal customers at Dress Circle should honour us in this way. We are great fans of the shop and thank everyone there for their continued support of Wicked and all the customers who voted".

WICKED stars Oliver Tompsett and Dianne Pilkington were at Dress Circle to receive this prestigious award.

The award-winning musical opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre in September 2006 and celebrated its 1000th performance last Saturday (14 February).

Acknowledged as 'the West End's most successful musical' (The Independent on Sunday), WICKED has already been seen by almost two million people and taken in excess of £67 million at the Box Office.

Based on Gregory Maguire's best-selling novel that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', WICKED tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz and how one came to be called ‘good' and the other ‘wicked'...

WICKED stars Kerry Ellis as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, harriet thorpe as Madame Morrible and Desmond Barrit as The Wizard. Cast subject to change from 11 May 2009. Alexia Khadime returns to play Elphaba from 11 May 2009.

WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, a book by Winnie Holzman and is directed by Joe Mantello. WICKED is based on the novel, Wicked - The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire.

In addition to the London production, WICKED is also currently running in North America, Japan, Germany and Australia.

Official UK website: www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk
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