Wicked Tour Questions

I will bump this once then let it drop.

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Im sure I have questions, just cant think of them right now, the main one i guess depends on which tour it is that you will be seeing loaded in (1st or 2nd) just to get confirmation that the 2nd is alot smaller to fit smaller stages (judging by photos i've seen of it)

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IMO, I have seen both tours, and where I saw the 2nd tour, both times they were held at larger theaters, but smaller towns. I do believe that the 1st Tour travels to larger touring venues/cities, while the 2nd travels to smaller towns, etc. The reason some of the smaller venues in the smaller towns are not equipped enough for Wicked, which calls for the 2nd tour, is because they are not used to having so many large shows come there, as are for ex, Boston, LA, Pittsburgh, Chicago, etc.. I would really like to know how they decided whether to use the well or not on the tour because I have found that both tours use it very much, but sometimes do not. I find it to lower the illusion that they are trying to create, but thats just my opinion.

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most of the set is from Chicago, just transformed so it is easier to move. Some new sets were built as well. The popular beds moved on their own when I saw it. The only things that didn't were the benches in the classroom. I saw it in Ft. Myers and Birmingham

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for the most part, yes. LA transfered to SF, as Chicago did to the 2nd tour, however some changes were made to the set so they could make it easy to set up and take down quick for the road

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The Chicago set was actually the original 1st National Tour set...it was modified when they transitioned from the tour cast to the Chicago cast. I imagine that they "undid" those modifications and made further changes for easier load-in and load-out.+

thanks for posting thats a cool detail. it looks like the gears on the flat top that goes over the stage are a lot thinner

Updated On: 10/4/09 at 12:39 AM