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04.20.2009
Article by GuardianOfChaos
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's a Superman Musical!?
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to take your breath away with song and dance!?
Some of you may already be aware of the existence of the Superman musical from 1966 entitled “It’s a bird…It’s a plane…It’s Superman!” For those unaware, it’s everybit as cheesy and fun as it sounds. Right off the heels of the Spider-man musical coming out, a revival and re-imagining of the Superman musical is in production.
The production is planned to run from June 18th to July 25th, 2010 at the Dallas Theater Center in Texas. This version is being re-imagined however to match the more modern times. Instead of battling standard crooks and mad scientists, Supes will be facing off against gangs of super villains in his efforts. It may also try and step away from the cornier attempt of the past. My question is if they can manage to make a “Superman Musical” come off as anything but cheesy. To be fair though, the super hero/villain musical has been done and come off really solemn before a la “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog.”
I can’t wait myself and envision the glorious spectacle of Supes flying over the audience on wires singing about how he longs to be “just like everyone else.”
Oh. And PLEASE PLEASE let Darkside be in it and sing. The pure visual image of that just sends shivers down my funny bone. Any thoughts as to what other villains should be in it and get their own numbers? Post to the facebook blog and discuss.
Article by GuardianOfChaos
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's a Superman Musical!?
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to take your breath away with song and dance!?
Some of you may already be aware of the existence of the Superman musical from 1966 entitled “It’s a bird…It’s a plane…It’s Superman!” For those unaware, it’s everybit as cheesy and fun as it sounds. Right off the heels of the Spider-man musical coming out, a revival and re-imagining of the Superman musical is in production.
The production is planned to run from June 18th to July 25th, 2010 at the Dallas Theater Center in Texas. This version is being re-imagined however to match the more modern times. Instead of battling standard crooks and mad scientists, Supes will be facing off against gangs of super villains in his efforts. It may also try and step away from the cornier attempt of the past. My question is if they can manage to make a “Superman Musical” come off as anything but cheesy. To be fair though, the super hero/villain musical has been done and come off really solemn before a la “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog.”
I can’t wait myself and envision the glorious spectacle of Supes flying over the audience on wires singing about how he longs to be “just like everyone else.”
Oh. And PLEASE PLEASE let Darkside be in it and sing. The pure visual image of that just sends shivers down my funny bone. Any thoughts as to what other villains should be in it and get their own numbers? Post to the facebook blog and discuss.
