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If anyone who has seen the show is interested, I've written a piece about how Fun Home has theatricalized conventions from graphic storytelling (and also just about the show in general). Love this musical, and I am bummed that there won't be any more rush seats! http://theatreblurred.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/the-memory-of-media-pop-culture-and-the-seasons-best-new-theatre-part-1-of-2/

Gloria Swanson famously wanted to do a happy-ending Sunset Boulevard musical and even performed a number from the commissioned score on television, if I remember correctly. Of course, it never panned out. (She am become Norma Desmond.)

Thanks for reading!

Grey Gardens, Fun Home, Sweeney Todd

SidebySide, I had forgotten about the Merm on Batman. And I would actually really love to see an earnest, heightened take on Batman. I think going back to the 1930s and going down a noir detective route could be really effective. You've got some very innate theatricality with the Joker, and there's a lot of room for Follies-esque "ghost" staging with young Bruce Wayne. At the same time, it would break my heart to see that character done dead wrong more than any other... After Eight, I persona...

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Hi, all. Longtime lurker here...going back to 2004 or so. I understand that it's usually frowned upon for someone to post a piece of their own, but I think that this might start a larger discussion. (Or, I hope it will!) I've just started a blog on the intersection of the legit stage with pop culture at large. Not just on adaptation, but eventually on mutual influence. Anyway, my first piece is on the troubled history of superheroes onstage, and my thoughts--as an obsessive fan of both comics...