WICKED TO RETURN TO PEORIA’S PRAIRIE HOME ALLIANCE THEATER AT PEORIA CIVIC CENTER AUG. 20–31, 2025
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PEORIA, IL ― The American Theatre Guild is thrilled to present Peoria’s most popular musical, WICKED. This return engagement will close out the 24–25 AMEREN ILLINOIS BROADWAY IN PEORIA Series at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at Peoria Civic Center for 16 performances Aug. 20–31, 2025.
Great seats are still available. Tickets to WICKED are available for purchase at BroadwayInPeoria.com and PeoriaCivicCenter.com. Group ticket savings for 10+ are available by contacting Groups@ATGuild.org.
Currently the 4th longest-running show in Broadway history, WICKED is currently in its 22nd year on Broadway.
Winner of over 100 international awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 16 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland and China) and has thus far been translated into six languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean and Portuguese. WICKED has been seen by over 70 million people worldwide and has over $6 billion in global sales.
In addition to the Broadway production, WICKED in North America has enjoyed unprecedented record-breaking sit-down engagements in Chicago, where it ran for nearly four years; Los Angeles, where it ran for two years; and San Francisco, where it ran for nearly two years, as well as two North American Tours.
The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good,” WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade,” and by Time Magazine as “a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.” NBC Nightly News calls the hit musical “the most successful Broadway show ever.”
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. The production is directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello with musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento. WICKED is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
The blockbuster film version of WICKED opened on November 22nd, 2024, and has become the highest grossing film based on a Broadway musical in history.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Week 1:
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 at 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 at 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 at 1:00 & 6:30 p.m.
Week 2:
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 27 2025 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
For more information about WICKED, please visit www.WickedTheMusical.com.
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*As a note to all calendar listing editors, the title of the show is WICKED (not WICKED: A New Musical or WICKED, the untold true story of the witches of Oz).
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