Every year, the folks who run commercial and not-for-profit presenting theaters around the country gather in New York to assess trends in the industry, marketing strategies, the state of their economic health and the potential for future road shows from Broadway productions.
The assessment at last week's conference is: It's going to be a wicked year, in every sense of the word.
To playwright Winnie Holzman, the changes to the musical "Wicked," between its debut run in San Francisco and the opening on Broadway, were monumental.
Those in the audience were hard-pressed to see what had changed.
The Broadway Workshop, Manhattans fastest growing acting program for young artists welcomed Mandy Gonzalez and Laura Woyasz from the Broadway company of Wicked as their special guest perform…
