Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
#1Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 6:45pm
The show is virtually a sell out at one of Broadways biggest houses and this has been the case for 9 years, with tickets selling at full price with a average ticket costing $138.81.
Successful sit down in:
Chicago - which run at the Oriental for nearly 4 years
Los Angeles - which played the Pantages for 2 years
San Francisco - which played the Orpheum for nearly 2 years
2 national tours which I gather are going very strong.
London West End productions is still playing strong at the Victoria Apollo for coming up to 6 years.
Successful International productions have played Japan, Germany, Australia, Singapore and now South Korea.
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#2Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 7:13pm
Phantom Of The Opera
The Lion King
Le Miz
Miss Saigon
Cats
#3Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 7:56pmThe show doesn't sell out in London anymore. The upper level is at best half full sometimes even on Saturdays. Give it another ten years until it can move into "biggest hit ever" territory.
#4Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 8:11pmI agree that WICKED is a huge hit all over the world. But I definitley don't think that it the biggest hit ever. Le Miz and Phantom are definitely bigger hits. But it is still a fabulous production.
#5Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 8:27pm
^^^ What BwayEqs said 
#6Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 8:51pmI'm sorry, Le Miz? You must mean Les Misèrables.
#7Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 9:12pmIf we're being pedantic (on here? really?), the e has an accent aigu, not an accent grave...
BroadwayFan12
Broadway Star Joined: 4/17/10
#8Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 9:26pmI'd say Phantom is the biggest hit ever. 24 years on Broadway and 26 years on the West End.
#9Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/12/12 at 11:30pmIt is hard to believe that it will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary a year from October.
#11Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 3:48am
"If we're being pedantic (on here? really?), the e has an accent aigu, not an accent grave..."
You're right. I wish my keyboard had the ability to type the other. Just..."Le Miz"? Come on...
Jay94
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/11
#12Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 4:51am
The Phantom of the Opera
The Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Chicago
Les Miserables
Cats
A Chorus Line
And many more musicals are much better known:
Oklahoma!
My Fair Lady
Fiddler on the Roof
Guys and Dolls
The King and I
West Side Story
The songs have never been particularly famous and the show has never left much of an impression on the zeitgeist as some of the others shows listed above
#13Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 7:45am
The west end production hasn't been a sell out for years, it does well but I've seen it when its been half empty
Updated On: 7/13/12 at 07:45 AM
#14Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 8:07am
The broadway production is a sell out and can do upto $2m a week.
Regarding the West End, Wicked is playing a massive theatre, which I would say is 400 seats bigger than its counterpart the Gershwin on Broadway.
#15Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 8:15am
Mamma Mia even got a movie.
Read the articles, 'cuz WICKED is getting a movie too.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#16Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 8:18amRock of Ages got a movie too. The existence of a movie is not a sign of a mega hit
#17Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 8:22amBut the rock of ages movie sucked.
AnythingGoes23
Broadway Star Joined: 11/21/11
#18Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 8:26am
Wicked is the biggest musical for the past decade, or even two I would say.
Ever though, it has a while to go yet, Phantom, Miz, Lion King... Are way out in front and running strong still.
I think the movie of Wicked, it will happen I think it's safe to say, if done well, well guarantee it's Broadway and West End run for another 10 years.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#19Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 9:04am^ How is Wicked the biggest musical of maybe the past two decades, and yet it's not at the level of Lion King, which has come out in the past two decades?
#20Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 9:19am^ Becuase, for one, you can't really name a big star that has been in LION KING. WICKED, however, has had Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey, Etc.....
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#21Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 9:22am^ I know that. I was referring to the wording of the previous comment, linking Lion King with Phantom and Les Miserables, but saying that Wicked is the biggest musical potentially of the past two decades. Lion King opened in the past two decades.
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#22Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 10:34am
I think as far as stage productions you have to think Les Miserable or Phantom with maybe Lion King right up there. The real test will be where it is in 10 or 20 years. A hit movie would enhance it tremendously. It has a Platinum Cast Recording- which is good for a stage show but a hit movie might generate 10 million or more sales of the soundtrack- you might even throw a hit single up the charts.
#23Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 10:49amJordan Catalano said that the WICKED movie will include a brand new score written by Randy Newman. I don't know if he was just being a schmuck or if this is true, but if it is true, I think a new score will definitley increase sales. I know I would definitley buy it.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#24Has There Been A Bigger Hit Than Wicked?
Posted: 7/13/12 at 10:54amYeah, pretty sure he was just being clever.
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