Batman on Broadway
Batman on Broadway
JenniferCali
Swing Joined: 11/28/15
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#3Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 8:45pm
Jim Steinman wrote a very...interesting score for one. Back in the early 2000s. Tim Burton was attached at one point. Obviously, it did not materialize.
He's certainly the most theatrical superhero, with the most theatrical world.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 8:57pm
I think Superman did it first. It got very respectable reviews but did not catch on for some reason. Maybe it was the $10 orchestra seats.
#5Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 8:59pm
The UK arena tour was actually pretty well reviewed and did well.
#6Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 9:05pm
Currently SpongeBob Square Pants is holding auditions for a Broadway run. The Caped Crusader would be more welcome.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 9:06pm
Totally agree. Have Adam West & Burt Ward there on opening night.
#8Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 9:29pm
I actually have some of the songs from the Jim Steinman "Batman" -- I love his music so I enjoyed it.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/29/15 at 11:01pm
Batman was at Hamilton? Why am I not surprised.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#12Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/30/15 at 2:23am
There's TeamStarkid's take on the material, "Holy Musical B@man!", available on youtube:
Holy Musical B@man!: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96B8289ADF77A8C4
#13Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/30/15 at 2:53am
I have that Batman/Steinman demo somewhere. I love Steinman--albeit often in a guilty pleasure sort of way, but some of it can't be enjoyed even in that way (like the Joker's song about toys if I remember right.) A couple of tracks were used on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell III album...
(And I believe the Bat Out of Hell musical is still going forward isn't it? For Toronto? Of course that's not Batman, but a post apocalyptic, homoerotic Peter Pan take that Steinman has sorta been working off and on on since the late 60s it seems with The Dream Engine...)
#14Batman on Broadway
Posted: 11/30/15 at 5:57am
^ Yes, in fact it's still going forward. They're having a developmental lab at Pearl Studios that's closed to the public. Michael Reed is musical supervisor, and the cast includes Julia Murney, Christina Sajous, and Justin Sargent (who recently appeared in the 54 Below Steinman tribute show Total Eclipse).
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