{"id":342997,"date":"2026-09-10T17:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342997\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:14:36","slug":"wicked-films-will-tour-accompanied-by-live-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342997\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Films Will Tour, Accompanied by Live Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wicked<\/a> films are going on tour.<\/p>\n

Film screenings of\u00a0Wicked and\u00a0Wicked: For Good,\u00a0which will feature the films accompanied by a live symphony orchestra, will be presented in New York City, Chicago, Mexico City, Toronto, and more in 2027.<\/p>\n

The concerts, presented by\u00a0Universal Film and Universal Destinations & Experiences, will launch January 16, 2027, with\u00a0Wicked: Part One in Concert\u00a0in San Francisco with an official premiere January 23 at Radio City Music Hall.<\/p>\n

Subsequent tour dates, according to Deadline<\/a>,\u00a0will include\u00a0Chicago (January 30), Mexico City (March 6), Guadalajara (April 17), Monterrey (April 24), Toronto (May 29),\u00a0Montr\u00e9al (July 17), and Vancouver (July 24).<\/p>\n

Attendees can expect to enjoy the film projected on an HD screen while a live orchestra performs the Stephen Schwartz<\/a> songs as well as Schwartz and John Powell’s underscoring for the film. Universal Film is partnering with Hurwitz Concerts, Justin Hurwitz’s company that has previously toured La La Land in Concert\u00a0and Whiplash in Concert.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019ve seen live concerts of film scores,\u201d said Schwartz in a statement, \u201cI\u2019ve always found it an amazing experience, so I\u2019m delighted that the Wicked movies are now becoming film concerts, especially under the expert direction of Oscar-winner Justin Hurwitz and his talented team.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I absolutely love the live-to-film format and think the Wicked films are so perfect for it,\u201d added Hurwitz. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor for me to help bring Stephen Schwartz\u2019s masterpiece musical and John Powell\u2019s brilliant, cinematic underscore to concert venues around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two-part film adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical feature\u00a0Ariana Grande<\/a> as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo<\/a> as Elphaba, plus West End Company Olivier winner and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, SpongeBob SquarePants star Ethan Slater<\/a> as Boq, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum<\/a> as The Wizard, and\u00a0Marissa\u00a0Bode as Nessarose.<\/p>\n

READ: All the Changes Wicked: For Good Made to Act 2 of Wicked<\/a><\/p>\n

Stage and screen star Keala Settle<\/a>, Bowen Yang<\/a>, Bronwyn James, Aaron Teoh, and Colin Michael Carmichael are also in the cast, with Settle as Miss Coddle, Carmichael as Professor Nikidik, and Yang, James, and Teoh as Shiz students Pfannee, ShenShen, and Avaric, respectively.<\/p>\n

The screen adaptation, which includes new songs<\/a> by Schwartz, was helmed by In the Heights screen director Jon M.\u00a0Chu. Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman<\/a> penned the screenplay with Dana Fox, and Tony winner Paul Tazewell<\/a> designed the Oscar-winning costumes.<\/p>\n

Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz<\/a>, debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at the Gershwin Theatre. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical features music and lyrics by Schwartz and a book by Holzman. The original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel<\/a> and Kristin Chenoweth<\/a> as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. The musical is now the fourth longest-running production in Broadway history.<\/p>\n

The show won 2004 Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (Menzel), Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty<\/a>), and Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wicked films are going on tour. Film screenings of\u00a0Wicked and\u00a0Wicked: For Good,\u00a0which will feature the films accompanied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-342997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}