SPOKANE, Wash. — Wicked has landed in Spokane at the First Interstate Center for the Arts.
The Broadway show arrives as Washington prepares to lift its indoor mask mandate. However, masks will still be required for all dates of Wicked.
Justin Kobluck, promoter of the Wicked show, said 95% of the crowd is vaccinated. Proof of vaccination will not be required, but masks will.
"Masks will be required through the run of the show," Kobluck said. "This show can't be here in Spokane and can't stay on the road without that requirement. It's something that is inconvenient, but it allows these shows to stay on the road."
According to the Best of Broadway website, face masks will be required at all times in the theater for all guests five years old and over. The masks policy applies for all performances from March 9-27.
Wicked show director Matt Meyer said that the Broadway shows and other acts will determine the mask rules for the First Interstate Center.
"It's nothing that West Coast entertainment or the venues is putting down but it's associated to keeping the touring act safe and allowing them to continue to work through all of this."
Spokane will see a positive economic impact from the show.
"This show will bring 40 to 60,000 people through its doors over three weeks, so for three weeks, the restaurants will be full in town, the bars and the hotels," Kobluck said. "It'll draw a lot of people in town, and it has then a lot of things for the people right here in Spokane to do."
Show Dates and Times
All performances will take place at the First Interstate Center for the Arts, located at 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. The first Wicked show will start Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m.
- March 9 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 10 - 2:00 p.m.
- March 10 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 11 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 12 - 2:00 p.m.
- March 12 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 13 - 1:00 p.m.
- March 13 - 6:30 p.m.
- March 15 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 16 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 17 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 18 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 19 - 2:00 p.m.
- March 19 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 20 - 1:00 p.m.
- March 20 - 6:30 p.m.
- March 22 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 23 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 24 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 25 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 26 - 2:00 p.m.
- March 26 - 7:30 p.m.
- March 27 - 1:00 p.m.
- March 27 - 6:30 p.m.