American - Producer | April 14, 1957 -
Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness.
Marc Platt
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Music has a way of getting inside all of us and lifting us up.
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'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.
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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.
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Musicals have long given voice to outsiders and speak of experiences in our culture and environment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That's what makes live TV exciting - the unknown!
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Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed about working in the theater.
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The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process.
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