Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

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Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/27/06 at 4:11pm

http://www.charlesstrouse.com/shows/index.html
This is his official list of shows. Scroll down to "S". Was it...THAT Star Wars? Does anyone know anything about this? Whatever it was, it was unproduced.

Updated On: 3/27/06 at 04:11 PM

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/27/06 at 4:32pm

I AM YOUR FATHER

I actually just threw up a little in my mouth at the thought of that

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/27/06 at 4:32pm

I AM YOUR FATHER

I actually just threw up a little in my mouth at the thought of that

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"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/27/06 at 5:46pm

I've heard a few of the songs. "Han's Your Man," was one of them. They're pretty awful. It's hard to tell whether it's supposed to be serious or spoofy.

TT

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/27/06 at 5:57pm

The site lists Marty as being produced on Broadway in 2005. I wonder if the site was put together in 2004 with high hopes and hasn't been updated since.

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/27/06 at 8:06pm

Hmmm...Every time I see this discussed, I keep remembering watching Bill Murray singing "Star Wars...nothing by Star Wars" in his Saturday Night Live Lounge Singer skit.

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/28/06 at 4:30am

The show was never fully produced. I think it had a concert version done at some point, but that was it. Chuck Wagner played Han Solo!

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/28/06 at 8:21am

There is one song somewhere online available to listen to, "Han's your Man" which is a bit odd, still in a freaky way catchy.

Gotta add: It's still great that a Charles Strouse website is available at all. It would be even better to have pages of Cy Coleman and pro's like these as well.

Updated On: 3/28/06 at 08:21 AM

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 3/28/06 at 4:50pm

Interesting. It seems like things are always hit-or-miss with Strause. Enormous, big, hit productions and then stuff that nobody has ever heard about.

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 4/30/14 at 10:49am

I am so curious about this, as on the Charles Strouse page currently there's no reference of it at all. What's the deal with this project? Was there a concert? If so, does audio/video exist? Was this ever intended to be staged?

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 4/30/14 at 12:20pm

Might be cool if Disney licensed this to schools.
My Star (STAR WARS The Musical)

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 4/30/14 at 12:21pm

Han's Your Man

Updated On: 4/30/14 at 12:21 PM

#13

re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:46pm

And in another strange twist, the orchestrations were done by Jason Robert Brown!

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 1/15/16 at 11:57am

How about a chorus  line of high kicking Darth Vaders or Yodas ala Young Frankenstein?

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re: Charles Strouse--STAR WARS the musical?!

Posted: 1/15/16 at 12:06pm

Broadway.com had an article about this a few weeks ago with more information.