Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

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Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:40pm

Hey everyone! So I thought I would check out ticketmaster for tickets to Wicked in Los Angeles and I tried opening night on Febuary 21.And sure enough they still had tickets and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to go to an opening night event. I'm so excited now!!! Can anyone tell me what goes on during an opeing night performance? Anything special? Will there be any celebrities attending? Let me know.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:41pm

Isn't that the beginning of previews, not the actual opening night?

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:42pm

No previews begin February 10 and the opeing night is February 21.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:45pm

They had a "green carpet" with some pretty big name celebrities and a full press line when the tour opened it's engagement in LA, so I assume they'll have a similar (if not bigger) extravaganza for the opening night this time around.

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Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:48pm

Do the regular ticket buyers get to walk down the "green" carpet? or just celebrities?

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:50pm

how else would the "small folk" get into the theatre

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:50pm

You will celebrities like Ruta Lee, Bea Arthur and Pia Zadora. Yes! The cream of Hollywood shows up to openings at the Pantages. You could film a loveboat reunion right there on the green carpet!

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 9:56pm

But why would you?

I'm happy for Eden, though I would like to see her create a role or at least break away from playing Elfable for a while.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:19pm

You will celebrities like Ruta Lee, Bea Arthur and Pia Zadora. Yes! The cream of Hollywood shows up to openings at the Pantages. You could film a loveboat reunion right there on the green carpet.

Oh really? I guess that wasn't Reese Witherspoon walking the green carpet at the Pantages the last time the musical opened there.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:26pm

Michael Bennett, when the tour opened there last time around they got some pretty decent names.

Off the top of my head I remember seeing Reese Witherspoon, Maria Bello, Tim Allen, Amber Tamblyn, Clay Aiken, Tonya Danza, Lainie Kazan, Lorna Luft, Shirley Jones, and Wayne Brady there, among others.

They're all obviously not A-listers, but for the opening night of a national tour (even something as big as Wicked,) I thought it was a pretty recognizable crowd.

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Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 2/5/07 at 10:26 PM

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:31pm

You can also add Diane Keaton, Sally Field, Laurence Fishburne, and Angelica Houston to that list. Nothing B or C list about them.

#12

re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:31pm

Reese Witherspoon must have shown up by accident = for the open bar, or because she was promised the movie version if she attended. Normally, the celebs are more along the lines of what somethingwicked posts. Now for a camp queen like myself - seeing Lanie Kazan with Richard Simmons is heaven - but its very D list...

#13

re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:42pm

It kills you to be wrong.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:47pm

Whatever you say Kuhn. I'm happy that in your world Angelica Houston is an A list celebrity. She certainly deserves to be.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:52pm

A three-time Oscar nominee with one win. You bet. Face it. You tried to make a witty putdown and wound up with egg on your face. Accept it and move on, Sweetie. No one hits a homerun every single time they step up to bat.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 10:59pm

Wait, there are still tickets?? You serious? I bought tickets on October 30th and could only get them for May. Wow! Oh wait but you said the 5th, they're probably all gone by now =( I'll check anyway. I can't wait though to see it though, even if I have to wait untill May!!

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:03pm

Well I checked about 2 hours ago and they had some in the orchestra but I got mine in the mez.

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Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:07pm

I'm going on 8/12/07 3rd row orchestra center.

I'm very excited. 3rd time seeing, 2nd with Eden.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:07pm

Reese Witherspoon must have shown up by accident

Or because she is friends with the producer Marc Platt...

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Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:07pm

Ya there are seats left but are all pretty bad seats

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:10pm

A few years ago I actually worked in a press office for a company that handled the invitations for movie premieres. It was depressing to see that they literally did have celebrities ranked A-D in their database - and even more depressing to see one of the greatest stage actresses of all time and an Academy Award nominee rated as a "C" celebrity.

Pretty much if you aren't Nicole Kidman or Leonardo DiCaprio you don't make the A list. Sad but true.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:12pm

The funny thing is that most A-List celebs aren't the most talented. Well actually it is more sad than funny.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:17pm

i just bought one for the 21st too in the mezz near the back but still centered. i have one for this saturday too i bought a few weeks ago but i'm debating if i should just sell saturday to a friend of mine and go the 21st or go to both...i guess i'll figure it out when it gets closer.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/6/07 at 12:00am

Anyone have pictures of the marquee? I always felt the Gershwin marquee was so small, but the Oriental in Chicago was perfect.

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re: Wicked Los Angeles Opening Night 2/21/2007

Posted: 2/6/07 at 12:04am

rentboy, Iknow that ther are images of the Mareque at tthe Pantages for wicked when the tour stopped there. I found them via google I don't recall the exact website.

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