Wicked, continuing an open-ended engagement at The Orpheum Theatre celebrates one year anniversary and Eden Espinosa returns to Oz as Elphaba. "Behind the Emerald Curtain," an exclusive new tour offers a peek behind the scenes. 

Check out what else is new at Wicked.

Wicked recently celebrated its one-year anniversary at the Orpheum Theatre in the show's open-ended engagement. We checked in with author Gregory Maguire whose best-selling novel, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" was the inspiration for the blockbuster musical.

Casting is set for the Broadway revival of Fences starring Denzel Washington. A new production of Promises, Promises starring Kristen Chenoweth and Sean Hayes is coming soon and the Blue Man Group is set to tour. Check out the buzz and more!

The new production of Dreamgirls, the Tony Award-winning musical, will play the Curran Theatre this summer as the final production of the 2009-2010 Citibank Best of Broadway series.

In April San Francisco will host the U.S. premiere of a spectacular new staging of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie’s classic story. Conceived by an award winning creative team and featuring 22 actors, stunning puppets, epic music, dazzling flying sequences and the world’s first 360-degree CGI theater set, Peter Pan is an extraordinary experience.

One of the most striking elements of this new production is the setting in which it is presented, The threesixty° Theater. The show is performed “in the round” in a 1350 seat theater-tent, which will stand 100 ft hight in Ferry Park on the Embarcadero opposite The Ferry Building.  

Catch a sneak peek video.     Tickets are now on sale.

As part of The Witches of Wicked, we go off stage to meet Kendra Kassebaum who plays Glinda in the blockbuster musical currently playing an open-ended engagement at the Orpheum Theatre.

Hear what's coming up in the 2009-2010 Best of Broadway season. And listen in on any of our recurring podcasts. It's like your own SHN radio show that airs when it's convenient for you.

Still to come: Multiple Tony Award-winner In the Heights, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, and dynamic new productions of Dreamgirls and West Side Story.

You'll meet Wicked actors Everth Lopez and Kehau Ahu and discover what it takes to morph into Chistery and a flying monkey while juggling a variety of other ensemble parts in the San Francisco production of this blockbuster musical. They really do give new meaning to "staying on track."

How the perfect storm of masks and makeup, costumes, lighting, effects and choreography make those Wicked flying monkeys so scary and, ultimately, sympathetic characters in the Land of Oz.

When a show is loaded into a theatre, the Costume Designer and Costume Shop staff hand off the responsibility for all costumes and accessories to the show’s Wardrobe Supervisor. For the San Francisco production of Wicked, that person is Gillian Kadish.

You’ll discover how this award-winning writer, who created TV’s acclaimed “My So Called Life,” teamed up with composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz to create the sensational musical theater adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel, Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

There's no place like home for Wicked as San Francisco turns green to welcome the international sensation back to where the magic all began.

Find out what it takes to move the multimillion production from Los Angeles to San Francisco, unload, and remount the show for an open-ended engagement at the Orpheum Theatre. It takes a lot more than packing tape and bubble wrap—although they do use some of that, too.

How is a composer’s score fleshed out for an entire orchestra? You find out when you meet the Tony Award-winning musical arranger and orchestrator who transformed Stephen Schwartz’ songs into individual parts for the Wicked musicians.

SHN launches new REWARDS program for season subscribers. Check out all the details!

For the past 30 years, Carole Shorenstein Hays has been bringing important new works to Broadway and the best of Broadway to Bay Area audiences.

SHN has the lead role in stimulating the local economy when the curtain goes up at the Curran, Orpheum, and Golden Gate theatres.  Area restaurants, bars, hotels, shops, and theatre service businesses all get into the act.