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Posted: 1/26/09 at 12:58pm
The Nederlander Organziation announced officially today that is has acquired the rights to Michael Jackson's iconic 1983 music video "Thriller" and plans to turn it into a Broadway musical.
Rumors of the project first surfaced last fall on New York gossip pages. Since the Nederlander Organization controls Broadway in Chicago, that would suggest such a project would start out in Chicago.
"Could be," said James L. Nederlander, the coy lead producer, on Monday morning. "I'd like to."
To come to Chicago, after all, Nederlander would mostly have to do a deal just with himself. "We have a lot of disagreements," he said, "me, myself and I."
"Thriller," which has yet to acquire the rest of its creative team, will be at least a couple of years away. But Nederlander said that Jackson will be personally and fully involved in the creation of the show.
Chicago tribune
Rumors of the project first surfaced last fall on New York gossip pages. Since the Nederlander Organization controls Broadway in Chicago, that would suggest such a project would start out in Chicago.
"Could be," said James L. Nederlander, the coy lead producer, on Monday morning. "I'd like to."
To come to Chicago, after all, Nederlander would mostly have to do a deal just with himself. "We have a lot of disagreements," he said, "me, myself and I."
"Thriller," which has yet to acquire the rest of its creative team, will be at least a couple of years away. But Nederlander said that Jackson will be personally and fully involved in the creation of the show.
Chicago tribune
