"Wicked" Returns to PPAC March 4-22, 2026

TICKETS ON SALE OCTOBER 17, 2025 AT 10A

PART OF THE TACO AND THE WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION BROADWAY SERIES
 

BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ AND WINNIE HOLZMAN

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY GREGORY MAGUIRE

Providence, RI  –  WICKED, Providence’s most popular musical, makes its long-awaited return to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for a three-week engagement from Wednesday, March 4 to Sunday, March 22, 2026. This will be WICKED’s fourth return engagement at the theatre; it has been nearly a decade since it last played at PPAC in 2016.

In Providence, WICKED is part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale on Friday, October 17 at 10A. Tickets will be available at the PPAC Box Office (220 Weybosset Street, Providence), by visiting ppacri.org or by calling 401.421.ARTS (2787).

Box Office window and phone hours are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P and Saturday, 10A to 2P and two hours prior to curtain time(s) on performance days.

Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 401.574.3162 or emailing phiatt@ppacri.org.

PPAC’s Annual Gala Celebration, featuring a performance of WICKED, takes place on Saturday, March 21 at 7P. A Gala Celebration ticket includes the performance of WICKED, parking and access to a post-show reception. For more information and to order Gala tickets, please email Stephanie Santos at ssantos@ppacri.org

Performance Schedule at the Providence Performing Arts Center

** Annual Gala Celebration

Currently the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history, WICKED is currently in its 22^nd year on Broadway.

Winner of over 100 international awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 16 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland and China) and has thus far been translated into six languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean and Portuguese. WICKED has been seen by over 70 million people worldwide and has over $6 billion in global sales.

In addition to the Broadway production, WICKED in North America has enjoyed unprecedented record-breaking sit-down engagements in Chicago, where it ran for nearly four years; Los Angeles, where it ran for two years; and San Francisco, where it ran for nearly two years, as well as two North American Tours.

The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle.  Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”

With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good,” WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade,” and by Time Magazine as “a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.”  NBC Nightly News calls the hit musical “the most successful Broadway show ever.” 

[Wicked is] a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.

Time Magazine

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman.  The production is directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello with musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento.  WICKED is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

The blockbuster film version of WICKED opened on November 22^nd, 2024, and has become the highest grossing film based on a Broadway musical in history.

For more information about WICKED, please visit www.WickedTheMusical.com.

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