MJ: The Musical will begin this December; opens February 2022 — Page 2

I hope this doesn't last long. The MJ show was not doing so well following the Leaving Neverland documentary and had to close eventually. Here's hoping the effect is still there.

BroadwayNYC2 said: "It was originally called Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, which would have been a better choice."

Albeit revoltingly suggestive,

Ms. Paradice said: "SouthernCakes said: "It’s not worth engaging, Hogan.


I think your speculation is pretty spot on though. A major new show, he’s the star, and he’s been committed to it for so long and then it’s finally set to open and he jumps ship. Maybe trying to avoid the bad press who knows"



This is not me disagreeing with you BUT is it possible that he just is interested in doing something different. A number of performers have found new or different creative outlets which could be what he's doing. If we've learned anything this past year, it's that time is precious and we should do whatever not only fulfills out but makes us happy. I say, good luck Mr. Sykes for whatever is coming soon and CONGRATS Myles

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Absolutely! That’s a long time to stick with a show that has been delayed a number of times. I’m sure his paycheck was very nice. And it’s got a very prestigious creative team. But movies are movies so I don’t blame him!

Sutton Ross said: "Correct, his absolute peak. Myles is perfect and he sings just like him. Cannot wait!"

How many more times are you gonna need to tell us that? Just curious since you are the one that normally drags on the stans about those repetitive posts and now look at you! ha

KnewItWhenIWasInFron said: "Kad said: "The only thing that strikes me is that Myles Frost seems very young to be playing Jackson at the time the show is allegedly set. From what I can find from a cursory search, he’s around 22 or 23. Sykes is 35. Jackson was around 34.

There’s a lot we don’t know about the show, including how it will be handling Jackson’s changing appearance."

Not a defender of the show at all but it's set in 1984. Jackson was 25."

Since when? It's been stated by Lynn Nottage it's set around the Dangerous tour in 1992 and that is still mentioned in many articles about the show:

"We’re focusing on just one period of his life that’s really representative of his life as a whole — we opted to look at the early ’90s, and very specifically the “Dangerous” tour, which was the apotheosis of his creative journey."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/theater/michael-jackson-musical-lynn-nottage.html

If they're changing the time period to nearly a decade earlier- to, say, avoid the issue of molestation entirely- then that's a major change.

I know this is pretty off-topic, but I was 14 when Michael Jackson was at his peak in the US. And I remember a news story about little kids meeting him at a mall or something, and they showed the image of him in his military/Nutcracker get-up and the mirrored sunglasses, no smile on his face, and I thought "I'd be TERRIFIED to spend time with him if I was one of those kids." And this was long before I heard the rumors of child abuse.

The adoration for the man (as opposed to some of his music, or his performance ability) baffled me. He already seemed on his way to no longer being human.

joevitus said: "I know this is pretty off-topic, but I was 14 when Michael Jackson was at his peak in the US. And I remember a news story about little kids meeting him at a mall or something, and they showed the image of him in his military/Nutcrackerget-up and the mirrored sunglasses, no smile on his face, and I thought "I'd be TERRIFIED to spend time with him if I was oneof those kids." And this was long before I heard the rumors of child abuse.

The adoration for the man (as opposed to some of his music, or his performance ability) baffled me. He already seemed on his way to no longer being human."

Agreed. I’m in the generation right after him and I never understood the appeal. He came off as creepy and non-sexual.

Eh, sorry he's still gross. I was never a fan and always found him to be off-putting and just odd, so not a fan of him or his music, and this is just clearly another cash grab. Curious to see how it all plays out as the creatives are interested, but I don't think you can be mad for people wanting some acknowledgement. Sure, he was never found "guilty," but there's still some odd, troubling things in his past....

As a victim of sexual abuse as a child, I won’t be attending. Even if he was found innocent, it’s all just too triggering and I cannot stomach it.

I mean, it is obvious that the sordid part of his life is what a lot of people want to see. Yes, it is quite possible to write a show about his professional life. This is an entire show about a certain part of his life. They don't have to touch on the charges or what happened in his bedroom. And who's to say who decided what part of his life they wanted to write about. And I really can't fault his estate for not wanting all of that brought back up again. That wasn't all he was.

And for the record, I think he and the people around him made a BIG mistake allowing those kids to sleep over and hang around with him. My thoughts on what may have happened with those kids are lengthy but I will say that he made a big mistake being who he was. And Zion24 you are correct, I don't want to see a musical about it. As I stated above, Professionally that was a time in his life that I am interested in. Not what was going on with him personally. There is possibly a really good story about why he broke away from Quincy Jones and decided to go in the direction he did with his music. I hope Nottage can pull it off. We started hearing and seeing all of the sexual allegations after Dangerous came out. So if people are upset that they may not include all of the sordid stuff that has been reported constantly over those years, don't go see it. It is that simple. I am not sure exactly how it goes, but I suspect the creatives approached the estate and got the ok to do the show. So it seems the idea from the start was to cover this particular part of his career. I just don't understand why so many here don't understand that. Well, actually, I do. Just my thoughts.

The sad, but true part of it all is that it won't matter. Jackson has legions of fans, many of whom don't believe any of the allegations. There will be a comotion, I'm sure the Tik Tok and Twitter crowd will complain, but the show will have a run...the length will depend. Could run like The Cher Show, or Jersey Boys...who knows?