Taking my mom to see Wicked...

Hello all. I surprised my mom at Christmas with tickets for the two of us to see Wicked in July. She's never been to a Broadway show and she's been dying to see Wicked for years. I'm writing tonight because I want an opinion/advice on this trip. See, several years ago I met someone in passing who remarked on my Wicked t-shirt (I saw it 7 years ago), and said that she and a group of her friends had gone to see the show about a year before this date (we're talking about 5 years ago now that I met this person, so maybe 6 years ago). She told me that one of her friends in the group had never seen it and was in fact seeing her first Broadway show, so one of the friends in the group wrote to the stage manager at the Gershwin, explained the importance, and got a special tour backstage before the show. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? And if so, what would my chances be if I wanted to kill my mother early and surprise her on Mother's Day with an opportunity like this? Please let me know your ideas/opinions/stories, because if this would be possible I would shoot right up to favorite child. Oh, and I'd also get a tour of the Gershwin theatre. A win-win situation for everyone involved, haha.

I feel so bad that she missed so many musicals for her age. I started going to musicals/plays at 16 and I still feel guilty haha

You will not get a tour BEFORE the show, but there is a slim chance that you may be able to get one after, though really, you should know someone in the company and still not necessarily expect.

The two hours before the show are a flurry of chaos and activity, a backstage tour would absolutely hinder that and prevent numerous people from completing their jobs and assuring a safe and smooth performance.

That is an entirely different thing. You were shadowing a performance, most prep is done by that point. An audience member would not be afforded access at that time.