NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
Posted: 12/12/22 at 10:05am
Shawn Levy: So we started developing a Broadway musical, which I have co-written the script for, and Alan Menken has written all of the songs. So we're exploring and developing the stage musical version with Alan Menken. And the other thing was this animated movie because I thought, this is a way to go to another chapter without dealing with recasting Ben Stiller and all these other characters and actors who are still very much vibrant and in the culture. And it also gave me the potential to do some things visually that we could never afford to do in the movies.
The thing about Broadway development is it makes movie development look lightning quick. It's super frustrating. But we have had our first workshop. We have the script, we have the songs. And as you've probably heard, COVID had a devastating impact in every form of exhibition. But it really took its toll on Broadway and on the theaters in New York. And as you can imagine, Night at the Museum is not the kind of small show that you can try out in a small town in Connecticut. It's a big installation piece of musical theater. So it is not five to 10 years away, but it's not a year away either. I'd say it's somewhere in between. But we're feeling really bullish about it because our workshop was really successful, and I think the material is feeling really good to the powers that be. So it becomes a matter of waiting for theater availability
#2NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
Posted: 12/12/22 at 10:28am
It would be really great if you linked sources for your posts.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#3NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
Posted: 12/12/22 at 10:46am
https://collider.com/night-at-the-museum-musical-broadway-shawn-levy-comments/
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#4NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
Posted: 12/12/22 at 11:01am
They had a workshop a while back, fairly certain Rob McClure was involved.
#5NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
Posted: 12/12/22 at 12:06pm
Does anyone know who is writing the lyrics? It just states music by Alan Menken. I wasn't sure if he was writing his own lyrics or not.
#6NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM musical updates
Posted: 12/12/22 at 12:10pm
I could certainly be wrong, but this seems to have flop written all over it.
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