WICKED Australia starts previews today...

Thought: I think my awesome Aussie friends should check it out.

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LizzieCurry, Sorry, I rely on spell check and it did not pick that up. Although seriously, your obnoxious way of putting it was not necessary, "you spelled Australia wrong" would have been perfectly fine.

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IMO, that stuff is NASTY! It's salty, and really bitter.

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The awesome or nasty part? 0_o

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musicaltheatrefan3, oh, so there 6 hours behind us? I have always wanted to know.

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No. And it depends where you live.

http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/

P.S. I love Vegemite. Probably because I am also salty and bitter.

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Updated On: 6/27/08 at 01:40 AM

Note the time stamp in which Miss Zaks said that. I wouldn't have seen her reply since it was posted the same time I made mine.

I don't have to try hard on this board.

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People keep being wrong.

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I filmed a special extra edition of my show for the opening (I'm an aussie and I know Kris Stewart who is working on WICKED out here, this was my little present for them)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFO0ZGFZ6Cg

I'm seeing it some time in the next week as well as going later again in September


And as I'm sitting here, in Melbourne, it is 3:50pm, 3:48pm at time of posting originally, 3:49pm when I opened this to edit. And we are in front of US time too.

I like to say that I can predict the future! And when I come to B;Way in December I will have lived the 14th of December twice!

I also enjoy vegemite, and eat it every day for breakfast on a nice piece of toast. YUM!

As far as predictions it should do pretty well, already taking $9million (aus) before the show has opened, which has broken all Aus box office records for a musical.

She'll be here awhile, Sydney shalt be very jealous

Sean

Updated On: 6/27/08 at 01:48 AM

The trick is you need to butter the toast while it's really hot, with heaps of butter, and then a thin smear of vegemite. You need enough butter that you are nearly drinking your toast, and then vegemite is close to heaven.

It is made from the byproducts of making beer, so that is another reason why Australians like it.

And it will also turn your skin green.

One of these facts is not true.

Yes they did! However you can pick them up these days from a few spots around the place that sell American goods. I know a lot of the American Diner style places sell them.

Wow...that got kind of hijacky!

Back to WICKED.

In interviewed the Aus Ticketing director out here to, here's the article if anyone is interested:
http://theatrepeople.com.au/feature_articles/2008/march/20080314_tp_mattjakowenko.htm

In the article he's pictured with Lucy Durack who is playing Glinda.

A friend of mine went to the "family and friends" run through last night and said it is in very good shape.

AU$9 million sounds like a decent advance however, when you take into account the price of the tickets and size of the theatre it really is only 5 1/2 weeks of full houses. They need to keep selling.