Meeting cast members at the Academy of Music

[boatsintheghetto]

Posted: 9/26/05 at 10:29pm

Does anyone know where one can meet the cast members of a show at the academy of Music in philly? I'm seeing wicked there when it comes and I would really love to meet some of the cast.

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 9/27/05 at 12:38am

when you come out after the show, turn left and walk down the block a bit; there's a little sign that says Stage Door

[Changed_for_the_better]

Posted: 9/27/05 at 8:19pm

Wicked will be performed at the Kimmel Center NOT the Academy of Music. It is part of the Academy series.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 9/27/05 at 8:38pm

Actually, it is at the Academy of Music.

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 9/27/05 at 8:40pm

No. Wicked is at the Academy of Music, the opera house. The Kimmel Center (the building) houses a concert hall where the Phildaelphia Orchestra plays, and a smallish recital hall that is sometimes also used for things with simple stagings. Wicked is part of the "Broadway at the Academy" series. The Academy is managed by the Kimmel Center (the organization), but is a block or two up Broad Street.
Broadway at the Academy

[boatsintheghetto]

Posted: 9/27/05 at 10:07pm

yeah the kimmel does the concerts but all thier or at least most of their plays are at the academy....I've been to shows/concerts at both stages.

thanks for the info though!!! Updated On: 9/27/05 at 10:07 PM

[mikem]

Posted: 9/28/05 at 7:16pm

It's too bad Wicked will be at the Academy of Music -- so many of the seats there are partial view, although they don't tell you. I saw a show there and felt that I might as well be listening to the radio -- the performers were out of sight for 10 or 15 minutes at a time. And there were many seats worse than mine. Admittedly, part of the problem was that the show was staged poorly, and most of the action in Wicked (at least the Broadway version) is up front, but I hope the staging respects the seating arrangement at the Academy.