Link above shows you the cover art and details to the upcoming 2007 release of the book MARY POPPINS: FROM PAGE TO STAGE.
But even more interesting is the novelisation of the upcoming HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 film, with plot spoilers abound:
***SPOILERS***
Goodbye, classroom! Hello, summer! But for Troy, Gabriella, Chad, and Taylor, this vacation is no day at the beach; they're all working at a country club founded by none other than Ryan & Sharpay's grandfather! And with the club's annual Midsummer Night's Musical right around the corner, Sharpay's competitive instincts are sizzling. If she can manage to win the Star Dazzle award just one more time, the country club will name it after Sharpay, and it will be hers forever.
But this year, Sharpay faces some tough competition -- Gabriella! To have any hope of coming out on top, Sharpay knows that she'll need a secret weapon. Which is why she dumps Ryan and starts wooing Troy to be her new partner. Gabriella is less than thrilled that Troy has fallen under Sharpay's spell. How could he do that to her?
Things are heating up on the lawns of high society. Will Troy & Gabriella realize that they were meant to be? Or is it too late for them to sing one last song together?
***END SPOILERS***
So do we have ANOTHER musical version MIDSUMMER to ... (look forward?) ... to?
And wasn't this the premise of an episode of SAVED BY THE BELL?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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Oh goodness. What better way for Disney to cement the superiority of rich, talented kids than having the whole thing take place in a country club? Yuck.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Shouldn't the second movie be about rehersals, and then the third be the performance or something? This seems like a pretty pointless, weak, plot so far.
My chorus class wants to do songs from the first movie.
Damn it all.
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you.
--Cartman: South Park
ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
Didn't Saved by the Bell use this plot? Oh, wait, that was Kelly's grandfather owned a resort and developers were trying to take it over. Eh, close enough.
This seems like a pretty pointless, weak, plot so far.
Agreed. As the co-writers of the first movie, I can't imagine that William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov are too thrilled with the new direction of the franchise.
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
Why is Disney even making a second High School Musical? The first was horrible and sequels usually are worse. It's a shame the first musical is being staged as live theatre.
BECAUSE THEY ARE ADDING COUNTLESS MILLIONS TO THEIR EMPIRE.
I, for one, would LOVE to work for Disney. Skeeve and Scam my way to the top with cute, successful, TV musicals? CHELL yes.
"Don't worry, it should never be seen. It's comparable to Britney's hoo-ha." - being.jeremiah in response to the High School Musical 2 logo
"You look fantastic, all you need are high heels, cake and a dream." - Amneris
Just to throw that out there. But when it says she "dumps" him I think it means she dumps him as her singing partner and tries at first to get Troy to be her singing partner.
Any excuse not to actually have a MUSICAL in High School Musical.
The only similarity with Get Over It is the subject of the show within a show. Silly as that movie is, I'm going to bet that it's twenty times more enjoyable than HSM2. Especially since I'm sure the Midsummer Night's Musical won't actually be an important part of the movie.
Who wants to watch all overproduced audition scenes? Kids weird me out sometimes.