Theater News

Wicked Miniseries to Be Developed by ABC

Salma Hayek and ABC are developing an eight-hour miniseries adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which is the basis for the Broadway musical Wicked, according to published reports.

The miniseries, to be written by Erik Jendersen will not be a musical. Furthermore, no decision has been made to whether Hayek will appear in the program.