Marc Platt News

The cast of the Los Angeles production of Wicked will be announced on Wicked Day, October 30th, in L.A.

The London production of the smash hit musical Wicked, starring Idina Menzel, began previews on Thursday, September 7th and opens at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre on Wednesday, September 27th.

The London company of Wicked, including its original Broadway star Idina Menzel, assembled for the first day of a seven-week rehearsal process on Monday, July 24th

A full-scale production of the Broadway smash Wicked may soon be flying to Japan

The producers of Wicked have announced that Los Angeles will be home to a new production the smash musical, beginning in February of 2007

Composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be honored by Goodspeed Musicals on June 17th; both he and Alice Ripley will perform at the gala benefit event

Complete casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked.

Wicked scored three Touring Broadway Awards, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers on May 8th

IDINA MENZEL, star of the original Broadway production of WICKED, will recreate her award-winning role in London in September for a limited season.

Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, has reportedly grossed almost a million dollars at the box office in its first week of previews

According to an Associated Press article, tickets for Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, are available--but becoming very scarce

Wicked, the smash musical that tells the untold story of the witches of Oz, celebrated its 1,000th performance on Broadway on Thursday, March 23 and BroadwayWorld was there!

According to The New York Post's Michael Riedel, both the Shubert Organization and producer Marc Platt are trying to lure Hugh Jackman to upcoming revivals of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off and Pal Joey, respectively

WICKED, the untold story of the Witches of Oz, went on sale to the general public yesterday (Sunday 5 March) at 9am and sold a record-breaking £100,000 of tickets in the first hour alone. Ticket buyers braved freezing temperatures and started queuing at the Box Office from 6.30am. The total advance now stands at over £1,700,000.

Michael Riedel reports in today's New York Post, that rumors regarding Hugh Jackman's return to Broadway in 'Stop the World, I Want to Get Off' is false, and that Jackman instead is 'dead set' on Pal Joey.

A talk with one of the collaborators of a weekly behind the scenes presentation of WICKED.

Eve Ensler, the author of the international phenomenon THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, plans to explore and expose even more -- in her new play THE GOOD BODY. Ms. Ensler will be making her Los Angeles stage debut when THE GOOD BODY plays a limited 16 performance engagement at the Wadsworth Theatre January 31 to February 12, 2006.

Tickets for Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, will be available to American Express card holders on January 13th and to the general public on January 28th

Wicked flies East to cast its spell on London, Movin' Out opens its European tour in the UK, Showboat gets a lavish in-the-round production and the Donmar unveils its new season

The cast of Chicago's record-breaking production of WICKED raised more than $22,000 dollars at its first ever cabaret benefit, There's No Place Like Home, on Monday, November 14 at 7 p.m. at Chicago's Park West Theatre, 322 W. Armitage Ave.