Current status of PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL, anyone?

[egghumor]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 1:46pm

In all the current talk about what musicals should be revived, etc., it got to thinking about Wendy Wasserstein and Cy Coleman's PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL -- presented for a one-time-only afternoon performance at Town Hall, May 2008.

How I wish I could have seen it! Does anyone know if work is being done on the show to make it a full musical, or has it died with its creators?

[Katia2]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 2:00pm

Looks like Murphy at least has moved on from trying to get this done to just getting the revival of Mame, upon which her character in Pamela's was based.
I haven't heard of any work being done, just assumed it was dead, but would also be really interested if anything has come up.

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 2:20pm

Was it a musical? I have the book- the picture book- that I got at Goodwill for $2. It's absolutely adorable. I'm not exactly sure how it works as a full musical, though...

[egghumor]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 2:30pm

Was it a musical? Yes. When it was presented at Town Hall in 2008, in a posthumous tribute to creators Wendy Wasserstein and Cy Coleman, it was a one-act musical. The people that saw the show and posted on a thread here back in 2008, claim it was rather different from original children's book, and that Donna Murphy and Carolee Carmello were particularly wonderful among a strong cast. There was some talk back then of developing it into a full length show.