Posted: 1/18/06 at 8:20pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=99750
mmmh..I'm sure about the commercial prospects for this musical. It did have an earlier incarnation in 1999 in the UK. It went on tour in the UK and never made it to the West End. It is my understanding that the score is not very Rock-n'-Roll but is very reminiscent of Paul Williams' style (who wrote some well known hits for Barbra Streisand). And yes, the Happy Days song is supposedly done at the end.
The plot of the show (in its 1999 UK incarnation) is that Arnold's diner is going to be knocked down by some big developer to make way for a new Mall. Big Al has refused to sell the diner, so the developers and Miss Frost, (the girl who jilted the Fonz) who is now head of planning in City Hall, sends in her brother Frank's biker gang to cause lots of trouble so the diner will be forced to close down. Throw in a bit of love interest between Richie and Frank's girlfriend Laura...
