http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150286-EXCLUSIVE-Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Beaches-the-Musical-Is-in-the-Works
Iris should really get someone else to write the music for this after what she did with PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE.
A bit of chutzpah to make the announcement before tonight's reviews are in. There may not much enthusiasm (or backers)for the project tomorrow morning.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
Yeah, we'll see about interested producers after tonight. All told, this sounds like a bad idea. Or perhaps the show that should've been done in the fist place...?
Alice and Emily are calling Iris right now to set up an audition.
I'd be rooting for Betty White and Cloris Leachman.
Understudy Joined: 2/8/11
Oh my. Isn't it the soundtrack from Beaches what makes the movie remarkable? Without those songs (specifically since they are being replaced with songs by a lyricist who can write lyrics), I'm not sure this is a good idea...
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
If Alice and Emily were in it, I might actually see it. Otherwise, meh...
If, AND ONLY IF, Mayim Bialik were cast in the Midler role, I might consider it.
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