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Alumni

Cerro Coso Alumni Offers Bus Trip to "Wicked"

August 14, 2007

The Cerro Coso Community College Alumni Association is offering a bus trip on Saturday, February 9, 2008 to see the smash hit musical "WICKED" at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The cultural trip is open to the community.

Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spell binding new musical in years.

The Los Angeles Times calls "WICKED a phenomenon that keeps growing." The untold story of the witches of Oz, features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething"), and is based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maquire. With musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How to Succeed...), WICKED is directed by 2003 and 2004 Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of Importance).

"Rare is the tuner that offers spectators any opportunity whatsoever to make use of their minds, but WICKED does so numerous times. It's a thinking person's musical and a visual knockout, especially so at the Pantages." - Bob Vernie, Variety

Don't miss out on seeing what the New York Times called, "One of the most successful shows in Broadway history." Seats are available now for $130 per person and include: orchestra/mezzanine seating and the bus to and from the production. For more information contact the Cerro Coso Alumni Relations Office at 384-6230. Reserve your seats today.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230