What We Need Right Now Is a “Sleepless in Seattle” Musical
March 3rd, 2009 by Evil Beet
Thanks GOODNESS someone’s already on top of that.
A Sleepless in Seattle musical is in the works, and planning to hit Broadway sometime in 2010.
Eighteen songs have already been written for “Sleepless in Seattle – The Musical” and producers are aiming for a first reading in May 2009 and an official opening in early 2010.
Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse, whose past musicals include “Stop The World, I Want To Get Off” and the song “What Kind of Fool Am I?”, is part of the creative team along with Joel Zwick, who directed the 2002 breakout hit movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”.
Producer David Shor, who is developing the musical, said he had recently acquired the theatrical rights to the movie and had already received an option to finance up to 50 percent of the production budget.
Jeff Arch, who co-wrote the movie screenplay, will write the book of the show.
I don’t know why this kind of excites me, but it does. I just HAVE to see how someone turns Sleepless in Seattle into a musical. I’m not usually very interested in Broadway, but this is the kind of shit I’d fly out to New York to see. Hilarious!
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um, i thought that was a such a sucky movie. maybe busting out in song and dance numbers will put some pepper in it.
Uhm….will they sing their telephone conversations? Really can’t imagine that this will be entertaining in any way…
I want ‘When Harry Met Sally – the musical.
“I’ll Have What She’s Having,
Like I Used to Do
When I was still Young Enough to
Screeeeeew!”
I’ve never understood the appeal of that movie. I just end up feeling bad about the poor guy Meg Ryan’s character is engaged to, who is so dopey and sweet, and she sneaks around and ditches him on Valentine’s Day. Ick.
This is just getting insane. Write an original musical! Its this kind of regurgitated rubbish that gives Music Theatre a bad name. Bah!
Does EVERYTHING need to be a musical?
Isn’t it about Kurt Cobain? ‘Headless in Seattle?’ Or is that an old one?
let me expect.