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Based on the novel 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire.

Produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

Requirements

You must give the authors/creators billing credits, as specified in the Licence Agreement, in a conspicuous manner on the first page of credits in all programs and on house-boards, displays and in all other advertising announcements of any kind. You agree to supply to the Licensor full details of all such material for Licensor’s approval prior to printing and distribution and supply two (2) copies of the program after printing.
Percentages listed indicate required type size in relation to title size.

WICKED

  • All advertising must utilize the official WICKED logo as part of the purchased HLA/MTI Logo pack.
  • These are the only authorized versions of the logo that are permitted for use:

  • Any use of the images with the two witches (Glinda & Elphaba) is strictly prohibited.
  • There can be no changes to these logos or combinations of various elements across each version.

 

You agree to bill the Work as follows:

  1. SHORT BILLING for: Marquees, billboards, displays, advertising, posters, circulars, throwaways, announcements and publicity for the Work wherever and whenever the title of the Work appears

 

PRODUCTION COMPANY’S

Production of

50%

WICKED

200%

Music and Lyrics by

Stephen Schwartz

Book by

Winnie Holzman

100%

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire

65%

Orchestrations by

William David Brohn

 

Music Arrangements

Alex Lacamoire & Stephen Oremus

 

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

50%

 
  1. FULL BILLING for: Programs & House boards

PRODUCTION COMPANY’S

Production of

50%

WICKED

200%

Music and Lyrics by

Stephen Schwartz

Book by

Winnie Holzman

100%

 

 

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire

65%

 

 

Produced on Broadway by

33.3%

Marc Platt

33.3%

Universal Pictures

33.3%

The Araca Group          Jon B. Platt

33.3%

and

 

David Stone

33.3%

 

 

Orchestrations by

William David Brohn

 

Music Arrangements

Alex Lacamoire & Stephen Oremus

 

Dance Arrangements

James Lynn Abbott

 

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

50%

 

c) AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHIES MUST BE INCLUDED for: PROGRAMS (to be provided in the future):
 

Stephen Schwartz - Music and Lyrics

Has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Bernstein's MassPippinThe Magic ShowThe Baker's WifeWorking (which he also adapted and directed), Rags and Children of Eden. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney's Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted and wrote the songs for DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. His first opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, was presented by New York City Opera in April, 2011. Defying Gravity, a book about his professional career, was recently published by Applause Books. Mr. Schwartz is the artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and president of the Dramatists Guild. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. He was recently inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. www.stephenschwartz.com

Winnie Holzman Book

Received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Wicked. She created the memorable television drama "My So-Called Life" which starred Claire Danes. Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama "thirtysomething" and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) "Once and Again." Other theatre work includes the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called Post-Its: Notes on a Marriage which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include 'Til There Was You. Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry Maguire and as Larry's wife's therapist on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the ABC Family series, "Huge." She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an MFA from the NYU Musical Theatre Program and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation.

Gregory Maguire - Author of Original Novel

Published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel, Wicked. A devotee of children's fantasy, Maguire's subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a seventeenth-century maid from Haarlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens's Scrooge; and Mirror Mirror features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire's novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked, is followed by volume III of the Wicked Years, A Lion Among Men, and concludes with the final novel in the Wicked Years, Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

William David Brohn - Orchestrations

Received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! (B'way); Mary Poppins, Oliver!, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady and South Pacific (London). He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and Joshua Bell's recording on Sony Classical of Bernstein's West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra.

Alex Lacamoire - Music Arrangements

Was the music supervisor for In the Heights, which won him the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and a 2008 Grammy Award for producing the cast album. Other Broadway credits as music director, arranger and/or orchestrator: Hamilton,  9 to 5, High Fidelity and Legally Blonde. Other favorite projects: Bat Boy: The Musical (Off-B'way), the 2001 nat'l tour of GodspellCaptain Louie and The Wiz (City Center Encores!). Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis and Ileana.

Stephen Oremus - Music Supervisor/Arranger

Broadway: Received 2011 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Orchestrations for The Book of Mormon, as well as the 2012 Grammy Award as producer of the cast recording. Worldwide music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator of Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5; co-producer (w/ Dolly Parton) of the Grammy-nominated 9 to 50 Broadway cast recording. Other: music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator of tick, tick...BOOM!; music director of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party; music director/conductor for the Rufus Wainwright Sings Judy Garland concert.

James Lynn Abbott - Dance Arrangements

Broadway: AidaRentFootlooseJoseph..., CatsSunset Boulevard, and Miss Saigon. National tours include Starlight ExpressKiss of the SpiderwomanThe Who's Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar, among others. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, Dennis DeYoung of Styx, Shirley Bassey, Bob Hope, Vanessa Williams and with Elton John in Greatest Hits Live at Madison Square Garden. Clients include Dr. Pepper, Frito Lay, American Airlines and General Electric.

 

 

  1. The Author shall receive billing as the sole author of the Work immediately beneath the title of the Work on lines on which no other billing or matter appears above.
  2. All credits MUST appear on separate lines as shown in the layout above.
  3. The names of each person comprising Author shall be at least Fifty Percent (50%) of the size of the title of the Work and their names shall be equal in size, type, colouring and boldness and shall appear in all programs, marquees, houseboards, billboards, displays, advertising, posters, circulars, throwaways, announcements and publicity for the Work wherever and whenever the title of the Work appears, excepting only where only the title of Work, theatre and/or ticket prices are mentioned.  Only the name of the producer and the title may precede the author’s names.  No name except the title of the Work may be larger or more prominent in size, type, colouring and/or boldness than the Author’s names.
  4. Each person comprising Author shall receive an approved bio in all theatre programs distributed in connection with the Work.
  5. The credit to the Translator (where applicable) shall be below Gregory Maguire’s credit and shall not be more than Fifty Percent (50%) of the size of the Author’s names.
  6. The credit to Gregory Maguire shall appear immediately beneath the Author’s credit whenever and wherever the Author receives credit in Sixty-Five Percent (65%) of the size of the Author’s names. Gregory Maguire shall receive an approved bio in all theatre programs distributed in connection with the Work.
  7. The added Producer’s credits shall be given on the main title credit page of all theatre programs in Thirty-Three and One-Third Percent (33.33%) of the size of the Author’s names as set forth in page 2 of Billing Requirements.
  8. Music Department Credits:
    1. Licensee shall accord the orchestrator’s credit on a single line in which no other credits appear, equal in size to the musical director/musical supervisor/conductor, on the main title credit page of the theatre program, on houseboards, billboards and in paid advertising under Licensee’s control, wherever and whenever credit is accorded to any member of the creative staff (other than producer, Author, director, choreographer or stars). William David Brohn shall receive an approved bio in all theatre programs distributed in connection with the Work.
  9. Licensee shall accord the Music Arrangement credits on the main title credit page of the theatre program, in the first position on the music line, equal in size to the designers, on houseboards, billboards and in paid advertising under Licensee’s control, wherever and whenever any member of the creative staff is billed (other than the producer, Author, director, choreographer or stars).  Alex Lacamoire and Stephen Oremus shall receive approved bios in all theatre programs distributed in connection with the Work.
  10. Licensee shall accord the Dance Arrangements credit on the main title credit page of the theatre program, in equal size to the designers, and wherever and whenever music staff appears. James Lynn Abbott shall receive an approved bio in all theatre programs distributed in connection with the Work.
  11. In the event Licensee wishes to utilize the synthesizer program of the Broadway production, Licensee agrees to engage Andrew Barrett. Any other synthesizer programmer (and programmed data shall be subject to Stephen Schwartz’s approval.  In the event Licensee utilizes Andrew Barrett as Synthesizer Programmer, Licensee agrees to provide billing as follows in the staff credit section of the theatre program as follows, or as otherwise negotiated.

Synthesizer Programmer Andrew Barrett for Lionella Production, Ltd.

All advertisements and programmes and anything that bears or mentions the name of the Work MUST also bear the names of the writers and composers and this billing notice.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited