Kristin Chenoweth to star in DEATH BECOMES HER Musical Adaption

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:08pm

This has the potential to be incredible.

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[phan24]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:12pm

Tony Award Winner 2020

[Kad]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:14pm

...but who's writing and directing it?

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:15pm

Kad said: "...but who's writing and directing it?"

Interesting that there wasn't a single creative listed.

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:18pm

Sooo much potential. Let's get a good creative team and get her a costar.

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:30pm

....can we please get Idina to costar?

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:34pm

Sherie René Scott to costar, please.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:38pm

TotallyEffed said: "Sherie René Scott to costar, please."

Oh, YES.

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:38pm

Has Kate Hudson been on Broadway?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:54pm

No. Kate Hudson has yet to make her Broadway debut.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:55pm

 

Yazbek is the most logical (and best) choice for this, right?

Or LaChiusa. He does well with pre-established story structures, and it would be great to hear him really let go and have fun.

[DeepVSexyWitch2]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:55pm

This is one of my favorite movies of all time and I am INCREDIBLY skeptical of Chenoweth attached to this. If she's playing anyone, it should be Helen Sharp. I don't see her as a Madeline. Now, Sherie Rene Scott would be an incredible Madeline. 

Posted: 12/13/17 at 12:58pm

What happened to Cheno starring in Soapdish?

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:01pm

Love the film. Interested to see the creative team. Hopefully, Yazbeck is the composer.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:03pm

This would be a good fit for Yazbek, or the camp sensibilities of Shaiman and Wittman.

[smidge]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:06pm

Deena Jones said: "What happened to Cheno starring in Soapdish?"

Thought the same thing. Will any Cheno project see the light of day?

[Kad]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:07pm

Wasn't she also attached to the Betty Boop musical that seems to have been abandoned?

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:16pm

And the Chenoweth Hello Dolly and the Chenoweth Tammy Faye Musical.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:18pm

Obviously, many actors become attached to projects that end up going nowhere.. just, usually, they don't broadcast it. But it seems like Chenoweth is more likely to be announced for them.

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:21pm

Don't forget the Cheno-led Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the Dolly Parton Bio-Musical!

Yazbek was my intitial thought for the score, too. I also love the Shaimam/Wittman idea. Or maybe Lippa since he and the Cheno have a history.

[John Adams]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:33pm

As they say on "Shark Tank":

It's a little too early for me at this point. You have an idea, but it's not a business. Because of that, I'm out.

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:34pm

Krakowski for Helen

[Cfried]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:38pm

Love the Shaiman/Wittman idea. LaChiusa is also compelling.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:47pm

NOWaWarning said: "Krakowski for Helen"

Out of the ideas here, ^this makes most sense to me. I'd even angle for Laura Benanti, Annaleigh Ashford, or Lena Hall to go all ham with the role.

"Yazbek was my initial thought for the score, too. I also love the Shaiman/Wittman idea. Or maybe Lippa since he and the Cheno have a history."

She did just do Hairspray Live so she had a history with Shaiman/Wittman as well.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:55pm

I’ll believe it when the curtain actually goes up. This is what, the 13th “new musical” that Chenoweth is attached to in the past 2 years, none of which have actually happened?