'It's part of the London landscape': Wicked producer hails West End show's 10th anniversary.

The executive producer of West End musical Wicked has admitted he did not think the show would last as long as it has, as the production celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Wicked tells the backstory of the Wizard of Oz’s witches Elphaba and Glinda before they became known as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

It has gone on to become an international success, and is the eighth longest-running show currently playing in the West End.

The original musical production made its debut on Broadway in New York in 2003, and a version was introduced at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre in September 2006.

Michael McCabe, the executive producer of the UK production, said that he “never” took its success for granted and that it is “the last one standing” among other shows that opened around the same time.

He told the Press Association: “At the beginning, we opened in a very busy year for musicals and I don’t think anyone thought Wicked would be the one.



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