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BOSTON – A day-of-performance (or same day) lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for Wicked, which will be playing Sept. 1 – Oct. 17 for at the Boston Opera House.
Each day, 2½ hours prior to show time people who present themselves at the Boston Opera House box office (539 Washington St., Boston) 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.
In case you’ve been living under a theater-less rock, Wicked is a fairly new musical based on the book by Gregory Maguire.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney’s Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life, Once And Again and thirtysomething), 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, takes place long before Dorothy drops in.
In this musical, 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.
Performances: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (Please note: additional matinee on Thursday 9/2 at 1 p.m.), Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
If you miss out on the lottery: Tickets may be purchased through an authorized ticket seller found only at Ticketmaster 1-800-982-2787, by visiting www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Boston or www.Ticketmaster.com/Wicked or by visiting the box office of Boston’s Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, Boston during normal business hours Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
