Wicked Day 2006

Held at the end of October, Wicked Day is an annual excuse for fans to celebrate their fondness for Wicked. In New York City near the Gershwin Theatre area, 51st street is blocked off to accomodate the many hundreds of people who come by for face painting, singing contest, and games. In 2006, the day was celebrated in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and Toronto where Wicked was touring.

New York City

It's Good to See Glinda

With so many witch costumes around, it was nice to see a Glinda/Galinda. Anne, who came up from Florida with her dad, wears her version of Galinda's Shiz University entrance costume. She's reading Galinda's letter home: "Dear Momsie and...." Behind her see the green helium balloons that decorated the area.

Buy it Here

There's always food and Wicked merchandise to buy.

Singing Contest

The central focus of Wicked Day is a singing contest. These contestants are waiting to see who won. They all sang their favorite Wicked songs beautifully.

Costumes

The Wizard will see anyone who comes by. Sabrina and Stephanie showed up to join the Wicked celebration.

Wicked Day Los Angeles

Here's an Elphaba/Glinda pair.

Stephen Schwartz (composer-lyricist) and Winnie Holzman (bookwriter) were on hand to autograph posters and CDs.

Rachel Silverman dressed in pink in the the photos remembers hoards of fans showing up in costume to Universal Studios where the event was held. "They had lots of giveaways and really cute Wicked stuff. The whole place was decked out. They also had a singing and costume contest. The winner of the costume contest was a girl who dressed as an ipod with Wicked songs on it. The best part for me, and for everyone else, was the introduction of the cast, Megan Hilty and Eden Espinosa, and Stephen Schwartz. They sang 'The Wizard and I,' 'Popular,' and 'For Good' while Stephen played the piano to accompany them. It was amazing...."

Sample Youtube video from Wicked Day - Stephen Schwartz at piano: Eden Espinsoa singing Wizard and I

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