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Wicked to Hold Daily Lottery for $25 Seats During Austin Tour Performances

The national Broadway tour of Wicked flies into Bass Concert Hall this week as part of the Wells Fargo Broadway Across America-Austin Series, and the show will offer a limited number of $25 orchestra seats - available by lottery - for each performance during the three

week run of the show.

The lottery will be held at the Bass Concert Hall box office, 2½ hours prior to each performance, beginning on opening night on January 25th and offered through the closing night performance on February 12th. The lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person.

Patrons who present themselves at the Bass Concert Hall box office for each day-of-performance lottery will have their names placed in a lottery drum and then 30 minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. Lottery participants must have a valid photo ID when submitting their entry form and, if chosen, when purchasing tickets.

The untold story of the witches of Oz, Wicked tells the story of two girls meet in the land of Oz - long before Dorothy drops in. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. The smash hit musical 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. Called "a cultural phenomenon" by Variety, Wicked continues to play worldwide - including ongoing shows in New York, London, Japan, Holland, an Australian/Asian tour and two concurrent North American national tours.

Wicked features 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 ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething") - and based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. The hit musical is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed…).

Austin performances will run Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. An additional matinee is scheduled on Thursday, January 26th, at 2 p.m.

Bass Concert Hall is located at 2350 Robert Dedman Drive on the University of Texas campus. Regular tickets start at $38.50, and are available at the Bass Concert Hall box office, all Texas Box Office Outlets, by phone at (512) 477-6060 or online at BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Austin.

(Image courtesy Broadway Across America)