Wicked: Theater Look-in
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We’re LIVE with Wicked company members Amanda Jane Cooper, Isabel Keating, Jessica Vosk, and Andy Mientus for an insider's look at the production, moderated by Scot Reese. #WickedTour Back by "popular" demand! From its first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, Wicked--the untold true story of the Witches of Oz--transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story that USA Today cheers is "a complete triumph!" For more information on this Theater Look-in, visit: https://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/ERETB
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