A ‘Wicked’ Fun Night Out On a Budget
With WICKED’s return to the First Coast set to commence on January 4, the show’s ticket lottery is as well.
‘Popular’ among Broadway shows, WICKED is bringing with it a great
Anne Brummel (Elphaba) and David Nathan Perlow (Fiyero)
deal to Jacksonville.
If you’re not familar with a theatre ticket lottery, here’s how it works:
You arrive at the theatre two and a half hours before the show is supposed to begin. The box office will have a drum ready; entrants can have their names put into the drum for drawing thirty minutes later.
If your name is one of the selected winners, you are given the opportunity to buy orchestra level seating for only $25 per ticket; the maximum number of tickets each winner can purchase is two. Don’t forget to stop at the ATM – the lottery is cash only.
While it’s not uncommon to see hundreds of people gather at WICKED’s Broadway ticket lottery, the numbers were much smaller in 2009 during WICKED’s first stop in Jacksonville.
The ticket lottery is a great opporunity for residents of the beaches to cross the Intracoastal and make the trek to downtown Jacksonville. With a deal like this, you can try to give your kids, or significant other the ‘chance to fly’ – a magical night out in the land of Oz, at only a fraction of the cost.
Don’t feel like waiting until the day of the show to get your tickets? Seats are still available from the Artist Series for all performances of the show; regular priced tickets begin at $31. WICKED runs from January 4 to January 22 at the Times-Union Center Moran Theater. Go to artistseriesjax.org or call the box office at (904) 632-3373.
