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Are You More Likely to See a Broadway Show If a Famous Musician Is Behind It?
Regina Spektor is headed to the Great White Way! It was announced yesterday that the famous songstress will be creating the score for a new Broadway musical inspired by Sleeping Beauty.
As a Spektor fan, this news makes perfect sense to me.
Wicked the Movie: Based on the Book or the Musical? Or Both?
There's exciting news swirling around lately that the Broadway musical Wicked will definitely be made into a movie. According to Variety, Universal Pictures (the same studio behind Mamma Mia!) is taking "formative steps" to get Wicked into movie theaters soon.
Like so many others, I have a history with the Broadway show that started with enjoying the book by Gregory Maguire that inspired the stage show.
Would You See 9 to 5 on Broadway?
The recent casting news about Allison Janney reminded me that Janney is also set to perform in the Broadway musical version of the 1980 movie 9 to 5, which starred Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin. The stage musical will premiere in Los Angeles in September and then move on to New York.
I gotta say, I'm pretty excited to see this show!
What Do You Think About a Phantom of the Opera, Part II?
According to Wikipedia, The Phantom of the Opera's 20-year run on Broadway has been "the most lucrative entertainment enterprise of all time." Capitalizing on the beloved musical's major success, creators of the award-winning show now say a sequel is on the way.
Andrew Lloyd Webber confirmed that he has written a new score for a follow-up musical which will pick up where the first story leaves off, starting with "how the Phantom got away in the big fire and was taken to a thriving Coney Island in old New York."
Broadway Musical News: The Couger Meets Cujo
Who knew Stephen King and John Mellencamp had anything in common, much less a desire to write a Broadway musical together? Not I, but apparently it's true, and the two men are collaborating on a musical theater project, scheduled to debut in April 2009, titled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.
The story follows the legend that grows out of the tragic death of two brothers and a girl in the fictional town of Lake Belle Reve, Miss.
Did You Ever See Rent on Broadway?
Sad news coming from New York's Nederlander Theater today: Broadway musical Rent is closing after a 12-year run. The last performance will take place June 1. Opening in the spring of 1996, Rent enjoyed immediate and explosive success with both critics and audiences, despite (or perhaps because of) the story's focus on AIDS, drug addiction, and poverty.
Beyonce to Play Aida?
Rumor has it...
Disney is planning to make a live-action movie musical version of the hit Broadway play "Aida," which was based on the popular opera by Giuseppe Verdi, which was originally based on a story by Auguste Mariette. And just who's being named as the possible actress to play the lead Nubian princess?
"The Coast of Utopia" Makes History at 61st Tony Awards
With the series finale of "The Sopranos" on everyone's minds, last night's Tony Awards were a little bit overshadowed. That being said, the 61st Annual Tony Awards brought out some big names in NYC last night to celebrate all that is wonderful on Broadway. I myself was too wrapped up in the HBO Tony to catch most of the show, but I'm certain there was plenty of singing, dancing, sequins and fabulousness to go around.
The Flaming Lips Are Broadway Bound
The Flaming Lips are famous for on-stage theatrics involving puppets, bunny costumes, and frontman Wayne Coyne crowd-surfing in a giant hamster ball. So it seems fitting that the band's highly captivating 2002 album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, will soon be made into a Broadway musical.
In an exclusive interview, Coyne told EW.com that the band is working with "The West Wing" and "Studio 60" creator Aaron Sorkin to adapt the album for the stage.
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Katie Holmes to Sip Cocktails on Broadway?
Sometimes it feels like everything comes full circle: Cocktail is coming to Broadway and Katie Holmes is in talks to star in it. The good news is that Heywood Gould, the man behind the original book and movie is working on the theater adaptation, but will it succeed on the Great White Way? I have a soft spot for the cheesy '80s flick, but my first reaction is that this could go more of the way of Big: The Musical (which kind of failed) than smash hit Hairspray.
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