Let’s hop into our time machine (set the dial to flip-phones and Myspace) and revisit why Wicked in 2007 was the hottest ticket on the planet. By 2007, Wicked had already conquered Broadway (it opened in 2003). But 2007 was the year the show grew legs—green ones, to be exact.
If you were a teenager, a theater kid, or just someone who owned a CD player in 2007, you remember it. The year Wicked stopped being just a Broadway hit and became a full-blown .
For many of us, the 2007 tour was our first taste of Broadway magic. It was the first time we realized that musicals weren't just for our grandparents—they could be , loud , and green .
Before the movie. Before "Popular" became a viral TikTok sound. Before Cynthia and Ariana painted the town pink and green. There was .
