We just drove up last night to see Wicked at the Oriental Ford Theater. Despite freezing rain, the trip in wasn't too bad. In Chicago we took Lake Shore Drive to Monroe, wove over to Michigan Ave. and took a left on Randolph, and we were there. We parked in a parking garage about a half a block east of the theater. Parking for the night with my validated ticket cost us $17.20.
The theater was buzzing with anticipation, literally, as we got there. We got there in time to go downstairs to use the restrooms which were clean. Then, up to aisle four and down to our seats. We were a little too close to the speakers, but that would only apply to about 2% of the seats in the whole theater.
The theater is rather nice inside.. ornate. The big dragon's head (part of Wicked) and map of Oz outlined the stage.
The play itself was great, but I'm here to review the theater itself. Getting out was much quicker than I'd expected. We had to funnel through the lobby for about 5 minutes, but using a credit card, we were out of the parking garage in just minutes, and the traffic at 10:30 on a Thursday night was a piece of cake.
I went to treat my wife, but enjoyed the experience quite thorougly myself.