Clueless Musical

I'm sure there is already a thread on this, but I could not find it anywhere, so I'm starting a new one! I've always thought Clueless would make a great musical, so I'm excited to hear they are continuing to work on it. However, I'm surprised because I am currently reading The Secret Life of the American Musical (brilliant book, FYI), in which Jack Viertel says that he had been working on the show and they had decided it could not be adapted into a musical because because Cher had no driving desire at the beginning of the story. I suppose they decided it didn't matter. Also, if I remember correctly, Tina Landau had been attached to the show in 2009. She is obviously busy with SpongeBob right now, but do we think there is a chance she may come back on board?

Actually, there was just a workshop of this last week with Taylor Louderman as Cher and Wesley Taylor in the Paul Rudd stepbrother role.

Updated On: 5/11/16 at 04:44 PM

I believe Dave Thomas Brown was playing Christian in the recent reading.

I hate the idea of this as a jukebox musical. What a wasted opportunity if this is the case.

standingovation79 said: "This is completely dead as of now. I know people who worked on it. The teen genre on broadway is just not marketable. Legally Blonde failed, Heathers failed, Clueless was abandoned, Jawbreaker had several readings and even though producers liked it, they all concluded that the market had no interest in the genre. The people who actually pay money for things like premium tickets just won't buy tickets to those teen-centric musicals.

If this is true then why would they be bothering with Mean Girls? That would seem to me a teen-centric musical and yet it appeals to me anyways.

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Alessio2 said: "I hate the idea of this as a jukebox musical. What a wasted opportunity if this is the case.



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If a jukebox version will make this "unmarketable" show a marketable one, I promise you they'll go for it. I wouldn't call it a wasted opportunity at all, as I can see this being fantastic if done correctly.