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celebrating our 10th anniversary with us
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On behalf of the entire cast here tonight, and we're also so thrilled that so many people
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from the extended Wicked Family is with us tonight. We have our authors, our creative team
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our producers, original cast members are here tonight. So many of the previous wicked cast members
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are here tonight, too. It's just so great that everyone's just so great that everybody could come celebrate tonight
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Also, we want to welcome everybody to the newly renovated Gershwin Theater
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A big thank you, a big thank you to the Midlanders for giving us our home, our new beautiful home
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Tonight is really about all of the people who put in so much work day in and day out to get this show running eight times a week The stage managers the stage hands Our wardrobe hair and makeup staff
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Our musicians. That is an orchestra
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Our box office, our ushers, our officers, our quarters and cleaners in the front of house
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And also our managing marketing team. So thank you to all of you, from all of us up here, to all of you
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out there and back there. We love you, and this, like, we could not even begin
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And we also want to thank the fans who came to another. And
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the fans who got to be here and the fans who are all over the
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freaking globe who have loved this show so much and kept it in their hearts and kept it
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going we are just we're so honored to hear from you and to have you here to celebrate
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that with us thank you thank you thank you something that um us here at wicket are very proud of we're very proud of
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how much money all the companies in the US have raised your Broadway cares equity
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by days over the last ten years um and just that season
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So on your way out, you're going to see some very special 10th anniversary window cards that are just available right now signed by all of us that are at sale
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Exclusive. They're for sale at the bar, and there's also going to be some volunteers with buckets
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So all the proceeds are going to go to Broadway Cairs, of course. And just please give generously with all your heart and just continue to help helping others
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Once again, thank you guys so much for coming tonight. Thank you
