GREENVILLE – WICKED, the most anticipated musical production of the 2009–2010 season at the Peace Center, will go on sale Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7 a.m. Tickets will be exclusively available at the Peace Center Box Office, 300 S. Main St. Beginning at 10 a.m., any remaining tickets will be available for purchase online at www.peacecenter.org or by calling the Peace Center Box Office at (864) 467-3000. There is an eightticket limit per patron.

The morning’s events include live remotes with personalities from Magic 98.9 and B93.7, as well as games and contests featuring WICKED merchandise for the lucky winners. There will also be free coffee provided by Liquid Highway and Munchkins from Dunkin Donuts.

Due to pre-existing sales to subscribers and groups, there is a limited inventory of WICKED tickets remaining. It is likely that the Greenville engagement will sell out in record time. Patrons are urged to purchase their tickets to WICKED early.

WICKED will play Jan.27-Feb. 14, 2010, at the Peace Center. The performance schedule and pricing are: Week One: Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 28, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Jan. 29, 8 p.m., Jan. 30, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Jan. 31, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Week Two: Feb. 2-4, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 5, 8 p.m., Feb. 6, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Week Three: Feb. 9- 10, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 12, 8 p.m., Feb. 13, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Feb. 14, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings (and Thursday matinee during week one) are $128-Premium, $80-A, $70-B and $60-C. Tickets for Friday and Saturday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees are $128-Premium, $85-A, $75-B and $65-C

WICKED is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney’s Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire.

The musical is directed by two-time Tony® Award winner Joe Mantello and features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento. WICKED, winner of 26 major awards, including a Grammy® Award and three Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One – born with emerald green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

WICKED features set design by Tony® Award winning Eugene Lee, costume design by Tony® winner Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Tony nominee® Kenneth Posner and sound design by Tony Meola. Stephen Oremus is the show’s music director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.

WICKED has broken box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston. It has been called “one of the most successful shows in Broadway history” by The New York Times and “a phenomenon that keeps growing” by the Los Angeles Times.

For more information about WICKED, log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.