I have creative ADD.
— Marc Platt
Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed about working in the theater.
We're all human beings; people make mistakes.
Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made.
The character we've always thought of as the Wicked Witch of the West is a green girl who's actually very good, misunderstood, and trying to make her way in the world. She's an outsider looking in, wanting to be loved. That's a universal experience that everyone's felt at some point in their lives.
Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness.
As much as I love storytelling, I've always been drawn to talent.
That's what makes live TV exciting - the unknown!
It's hard to get an inner dialogue in a film. It's not cinematic. But in a musical, the character can just turn to the audience and sing.
You've got Marvel films, sequels, franchise movies, so much noise out there. You're trying to brand your entertainment. The musical is its own brand.
'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced the musical and welcomed us so heartily.
Repression is the enemy of civilization - so keep dreaming, because the dreams we dream today will provide the love, the compassion, and the humanity that will narrate the stories of our lives tomorrow.
The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process.
When I first started in the business, it was hardly ever done. But today, it almost feels like studios go out and preview movies knowing full well that they're going to use the information they get to go back and reshoot.
We always love actors taking unexpected turns.
Musicals have long given voice to outsiders and speak of experiences in our culture and environment.
Music has a way of getting inside all of us and lifting us up.
