Wicked by the Numbers: Broadway’s Emerald Empire of Bubbles, Haute Couture and Green Paint

Дата публикации: 03-08-2026 15:00:00

Wicked is the ultimate Broadway blockbuster: a behemoth feat of stagecraft that has kept audiences enrapt for over 22 years. In fact, Wicked is the fourth longest-running musical in Broadway history and the third longest-running production currently on the Great White Way. Set in the fantastical world of Oz, Wicked explores the fated friendship of two witches—one blonde and beloved, the other green and woefully misunderstood—before a certain farm girl drops into town. Follow us along the Yellow Brick Road as we break down Wicked by the numbers, from bubble fluid and green body paint to hand-sewn sequins and dry ice. 
Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda in “Wicked” (Photo: Joan Marcus)
Talk about popular. Wicked has bewitched over 75 million audience members across more than 130 cities in 16 countries, spanning six different languages. Do yourself a favor and listen to “No One Mourns the Wicked” in German (or rather, "Keiner weint um Hexen," which directly translates to: "No One Weeps for Witches").
Wicked is based on Gregory Maguire’s sprawling fantasy novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was initially published in 1995 …

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