Yet another movie is being turned into a Broadway musical, this time it is American Psycho according to The Hollywood Reporter. Normally I hate when they do that but I think that American Psycho can actually work as a musical just because of that Hip To Be Square scene!!! Only problem is no one will ever be as good as Christian Bale in the role!
Abba and Billy Joel have had their music turned into musicals and now finally The Monkees are getting one according to Broadway World.
According to press notes the story tells the journey of four musicians who “unwittingly become stand-ins for the most famous group in the world. It is a nostalgic trip down memory lane for those who remember the TV seriesâ€Â. It includes hits such as “I’m a Believerâ€Â, “Steppin’ Stoneâ€Â, “Hey, Hey We’re The Monkeesâ€Â, “Last Train to Clarksvilleâ€Â, and of course, “Daydream Believer”.
Daydream Believer will open a year from now at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. I know it is a whiles away, but I hope it is good enough to make it to Broadway because I have always loved their music. Maybe John Mayer could play Michael Nesmith’s role, he kind of reminds me of him!
Twisted Sister’s Christmas music is coming to Broadway in the form of a musical show according to Merry Christmas Radio. Dee Snyder (a Jew) is turning his band’s Christmas album in to a Broadway musical that will make Abba and Billy Joel…well I don’t know what but it will.
“I have turned ‘A Twisted Christmas’, the album, into a musical, and in 2009 there will be a new TWISTED SISTER album, which will be a companion piece to go with the existing ‘A Twisted Christmas’ album. It’s gonna be old-school metal songs that are an addition to the show. So ‘The Twisted Christmas – A Musical’ is a combination of the Christmas album, the new album, which will have new metal songs on it and the best of TWISTED SISTER throughout history. And when you hear more about it, you’re gonna love the idea. The people that are hearing about it get pretty stoked. So it’s early on, but I’ve finished the script and now it’s time, we’re gonna start working on a new album, new songs, so it’s the first time for TWISTED SISTER in a very long time… I haven’t written since 19… Man, ‘98 was the last time I wrote a song, and that was for the ‘Strangeland’ soundtrack. It sort of came out of left field, but we’re all very fired up. When you hear the concept… everybody who hears it just smiles ear to ear and goes, ‘Man, that’s awesome.’â€Â
He continued, “It’s either gonna be called ‘A Twisted Christmas…’ or ‘THE Twisted Christmas – A Musical’. It tells a story, but it’s very much a concert event. But there’s a storyline going on between. The show is about 20 songs. The band are the only actors. There is a narrator, I will tell you that much, who fills in the spaces  he’s on video screen  and he tells  ala ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’, to be honest  he helps move the story along and tell the story. If you saw ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’, off Broadway, [a band] performs and then in between there is interaction, which further moves the story along. So it’s pretty involved. It’s a unique combination of things that have been done before and haven’t been done before. And the goal, really  ’cause we’re not playing ourselves, we’re playing a fictitious band in the musical  eventually is to, like the BLUE MAN GROUP, have a whole bunch of casts out there during the holiday season performing the show. So that’s the ultimate goal. So it’s in development, but it’s well on its way. Like I said, I finished the script, everybody loves it, and now I’m sinking my teeth into writing the album which we’ll start recording in January/February for release in 2009.â€Â
Oy! I actually totally want to see it because I love what they did on their Christmas and Dee Snyder is so warped it will probably be the best thing on Broadway in a really long time!
The Music Man, Craig Bierko is back on Broadway in To Be or Not To Be according to Playbill!!! To Be Or Not To Be is based in the 1942 movie and not the Mel Brooks film based on the 1942 movie.
"At the Polski Theatre in 1939 Warsaw, Joseph (Bierko) and Maria Tura (Maxwell) are about to open yet another smash with their theatrical troupe. As the German invasion gets underway, the theatre is closed by the censors, forcing the troupe to face desperate times. But when a handsome young bomber pilot enlists their help to catch a spy, what is a group of actors to do? This hilarious black comedy is an ingenious commentary on the World War II era and an inspired tribute to the timeless joys of the theatre."
Previews begin on September 11th and the show opens on October 2nd. While I am bummed that Craig Bierko will not be playing Gomez in The Addams Family on Broadway, I am happy to see him back on Great White Way. I am off to buy my ticket home just to see him back on the Broadway Stage! But in the meantime we can all enjoy him in Bathing with Bierko!!!
Katie Holmes is going to make her Broadway debut in All My Sons this fall, but if the pre-ticket sales are any hint how she will do, she is already a failure according to the NY Post. One ticket broker bought a 1,000 tickets in anticipation of her debut and he hasn't sold a single one. Not only is he feeling the heat or should I say chill, but so is the productions itself.
"Where are all the Scientologists? Don't they want to see her?" jokes one person, who requested anonymity for fear that the followers of L. Ron Hubbard would hunt him down and make him read all 10 volumes of "Mission Earth."
Talking about the Scientologists someone involved with the production said that they have all been asked to sign confidentially agreements. What do they have to talk about? How bad she is? We have all seen her act, we know she can't. I feel bad for the producers who thought she would be selling point, but then again didn't they see box office numbers for Mad Money? Were there even numbers for that movie?
