Elvis musical in 2005

got this article off of yahoo news. not quite sure what to think about it.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Always eager to keep Elvis Presley (news) working, managers of his estate have turned their sights on Broadway. "All Shook Up," a musical commissioned by the Elvis Presley estate and featuring a string of Presley's hit songs, is scheduled to open on Broadway in spring 2005....

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Updated On: 12/7/03 at 10:02 PM

Updated On: 12/4/03 at 01:40 AM

Speaking of cutting and pasting, it is much safer to post a link to the article. You should all be regestered at NYT anyway. It is free and easy.

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MasterLcZ:

The people who manage Elvis' music have been working quite hard on getting it to make a comeback. I assume that this is another attempt to move it back into the mainstream.

The fundamental problem as I see it is - what is the connection between people who like Elvis and theatregoers? I don't see your average Elvis fan going out to see a Broadway show, and I don't see theatre audiences responding well to Elvis' music. The successful catalogue shows - Mamma Mia! and Movin' Out - are more from the music of the '70s and '80s, where nostalgia seems to run high among theatregoers.

-Wayne

I also saw mention of a new musical in London called "Jailhouse Rock."

I would enjoy this if it were a veryyy creative story, using Elvis's songs with a different spin than we would expect and having a dark dreary dramatic ending. Let's not have another Mamma Mia.

Wow!, sweet. im a big Elvis fan. that would be awesome

Good one Jeff!

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Updated On: 12/7/03 at 08:27 PM