Why Is “Wicked” A Monster Hit In London? Young People

It is the ninth longest-running musical currently playing in London and the 18th longest-running musical of all time in Theatreland. According to Michael McCabe, executive producer for Wicked in the UK, 58% of audience members are under the age of 35. “And they’re not all teenage girls – it is still very much couples in the their 20s and early 30s,” he said.

New Promise In Digital Humanities Studies?

“Humanities research is often derided as gauzy and esoteric, and therefore undeserving of tax dollars. Amid financial crises, humanities departments at many public universities have been razed. But even amid cuts, there has been a surge in interest in the digital humanities — a branch of scholarship that takes the computational rigor that has long undergirded the sciences and applies it the study of history, language, art and culture.”