Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Theater Spider-Man (the Musical) is Dead (Basically)
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Of course this begs the question: what comic book would make the best Broadway musical? Spider-Man always seemed like something of an odd choice, but what about X-Men or The Fantastic Four? Any ideas? (Bonus points for picking a famous band to write the score.)
(via Vulture)
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As tempting as it would be to call on Hugh Jackman to pool all of his talents for a Wolverine musical, I have to say the Fantastic Four isn't a bad idea among the famous Marvel heroes. They're already a bit campy and they wouldn't be competing with a film that anyone loves or even likes very much. Maybe a rock musical out of the current title Young Liars?
I've long thought Ben Folds should write a Broadway musical because a lot of his best recent stuff leans in that direction. But probably not so much for a comics-based musical. If someone could write lyrics for the Killers, they've got the pomp and cheese to pull it off. Though I guess Stuart Murdoch's been dabbling, too.
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Super Friends (Superman, Wonder Woman, etc.) I would basically ditch the plot and do song and dance numbers. Dan Deacon, MGMT and Crystal Castles would do the score. That's three bands but I think they could co-write something or do the round robin thing. This show is happening in my head right now, really good stuff- "hit the strobe lights! silenzio! action!"
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