Make it a Truly Ozmopolitan Night-on-the-Town by Dining with Cast Members of Chicago's Wicked at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 25, 2007 -- Mingle with a monkey, gab like Glinda or munch next to a munchkin. Starting May 23, the Chicago company of Wicked will offer a new one-of-a-kind opportunity for patrons to make more of their Wicked experience by adding an option to dine in a downtown Chicago restaurant with cast members.

Available on Wednesday evenings before the 7:30 p.m. performance, the package features a special Wicked-themed three-course meal at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel and the Great Street Restaurant (1 West Wacker Drive) and a special gift to commemorate the evening.

"We are so excited to offer patrons this one-of-a-kind package," said Mark Tunney, director of sales and marketing at the Chicago hotel. "A unique meal at Great Street is the perfect complement to the famous show, and a unique entertainment experience in the Windy City."

The pre-show dinner option at the Chicago hotel is available for $33 per person in addition to the price of a ticket to the show. Packages are available at all points of sale by using the code "dinner" when ordering tickets through either Broadway In Chicago Box Offices, the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line, (312) 902-1400, or online at ticketmaster.com.

The Chicago company of Wicked is now playing in an open-run at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, near the downtown Chicago hotel. Breaking multiple box office records since opening in June, 2005 and playing to packed audiences from across the world night after night, the production is the top grossing show in Chicago theatre history.

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. Directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento, Wicked is currently presented in Chicago, on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre, on a national tour, in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre and in London at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. For more information, visit www.wickedthemusical.com/chicago.

About the Renaissance Chicago Hotel
Renaissance Chicago Hotel is a premier luxury hotel located at the corner of State Street and Wacker Drive, at the edge of "The Loop" in the heart of downtown Chicago. The hotel offers 553 newly renovated hotel rooms and the ambience of a uniquely upscale hotel. This downtown Chicago hotel is a place of style, leisure and comfort where the busied traveler can unwind in the heart of the city. If leisure travel brings you to Chicago, you are blocks from Millennium Park; Macy's (the original Marshall Fields) on State Street, and of course the shops along the Magnificent Mile. This luxury Chicago hotel has an indoor pool and health club, a spa treatment room and a Lobby Lounge that offers live music. Over 40 hotel suites are available for that important meeting or weekend getaway. For more information or to make reservations, call (312) 372-7200, or visit www.renaissancechicagodowntown.com.

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