One of Erica Norgaard’s toughest assignments for the next three weeks will be to find medical care for any ailing Wicked cast and crew members. Locating doctors who will take the company’s out-of-state Worker’s Comp insurance for members of the Wicked company is just one of her jobs as company manager.

She also finds places to live for cast and crew as they travel from city to city, arranges for airline tickets between cities, lines…

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I expect the calls to start any minute now, from people who ask if there might be any way they could just peek in on a rehearsal of Wicked, or maybe bring their class to see a dress rehearsal.

If you were thinking about making that call, know this: rehearsals are rarely open to the public. Rehearsals are where actors work out any problems before they show their work to the public. Also, …

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A few years ago in Los Angeles, Chevy Chase saw the same production of A Christmas Carol (above) that we had last night in Popejoy Hall. After the show,…

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When I Googled “Wicked Popejoy,” Google returned 17 results to me. All but three led me to ticket scalpers. And that was just the first page.



So, what is a ticket scalper and why does Google show you their sites to buy Popejoy tickets?



Ticket scalpers come in two varieties: ticket resellers or ticket fraud agents. Those of the first variety buy tickets from us (or from… Continue