The idea of making this into a musical was discussed relatively seriously several years ago, but there are legal entanglements that will probably prevent it from ever actually happening.
According to Harvey Fierstein (who I believe was involved in the idea of a stage adaptation,) Robin Williams and his ex-wife Marsha were the primary co-producers on the original film. Since their divorce five years ago was pretty nasty and relatively complicated, the odds of her being cooperative in granting the rights to the property are slim to none, so the idea has basically been permanently shelved out of respect to all parties.
Harvey said something along the lines that, while he thinks it would have been a great musical, he values his relationships with both Robin and Marsha more than he does the prospect of working on something that would cause problems for everyone involved. He also mentioned that there was an operatic adaptation that ran in Europe in the early 2000s that wasn't well received.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 10/13/12 at 10:56 PM
