Wicked Christmas as New York Musical Breaks Its Own Record

Hit musical Wicked is all good over holiday weekends in America - the stageshow smashed its own Thanksgiving record to score the highest-grossing week in Broadway history again over Christmas.

The Wizard of Oz prequel took in $2.09 million (GBP1.3 million) over the Christmas holiday.

The show has become a massive hit worldwide and there are currently eight productions of Wicked onstage, including one in London and Japanese-language and German-language productions.

A Dutch-language production of the musical is scheduled to open in 2011.