Princess Diana the musical ?

[alxscrz2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 12:26am

I heard that there is a musical based on the life of princess diana. Does any one know anything about it ? Also does any one know if it will ever play on broadway or off broadway ?
-Thanks

Updated On: 8/9/07 at 12:26 AM

[catstagestud]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 12:33am

There's a musical written in Omaha, NE by a woman named Karen Javich (sp?) that was called Princess Diana: The Musical. It was supposedly a decent show and has been produced a couple times; there is a cast recording of the Original Cast somewhere but I'm not sure if you can find it anywhere.

Cheers,

Christopher

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 2:05am

It's for sale here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/ksjavitch

I love it. It's truly so bad it's good. The music is pretty decent but the lyrics are...well... really so bad they're good.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 2:12am

There was also a musical called "Die, Die, Diana". As I recall, it played the New York Fringe Festival, the score was written by Jeff Labes.

[keen on kean]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 10:20am

Listened to the clip of "He's Such a Man" and I'm still gagging.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 5:41pm

TINA Brown wants to turn "The Diana Chronicles" - her best-selling book about Princess Diana - into a musical or an opera.

Theater sources say Brown's dream director is Stephen Daldry, who's staging "Billy Elliot" on Broadway next season. The obvious choice to do the music is Elton John (maybe too obvious), and his name is certainly being bandied about.

The idea is certainly titillating, and you can bet the press coverage of a Princess Diana musical would be intense.

"Can you imagine how the British tabloids would cover it?" says a veteran theater executive.

Still, Diana's story, very well told by Brown, is compelling drama.

Done tastefully, it could make one hell of a stage show.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04042008/entertainment/theater/chronicles_of_a_musical_to_di_for_104872.htm
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Can we say...Christine Ebersole?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 6:09pm

I have The Javitch one

Some of the songs:

Charles, Help
The Things We Do For England
The Fairy Tale Is Over
Diana You've Got Style

[autopilot2]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 6:28pm

Suggested lyrics:

Did Di die?

Di did.

Did Dodi die?

Dodi did.

Di Did die den Dodi did die.

Did Dodi and Di...

Why?

(heartfelt anguish and melisma)

Whyyyyyyyyyyy?

Send the Tony when you're ready.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 6:31pm

Camilla, I just met a girl named Camilla

[nmartin]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 6:32pm

HM just called me regarding this show and said, "Nmartin, (she always calls me Nmartin) Nmartin, this crap's gotta stop!"

[autopilot2]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 6:40pm

Mr Roxy ...

I initially thought of Gonzo's girlfriend.

It worked as well

[Weez]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 6:43pm

Reading the subject heading, I thought "they've done it. They've come up with a subject that can't be musicalised. My words, let me eat them".

Clicking the thread, I thought "nope, just because I've said that doesn't mean no one'll turn Diana into a musical. Give it two weeks. People are shameful".

Reading the thread, I lay my head upon my keyboard and wept.

There is no god, Noah.

EDIT: okay, I have GOT to get me 'Princess Diana: The Musical'. And I never thought I'd find a show worse than 'Paris'!

Updated On: 4/8/08 at 06:43 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 7:52pm

Oh i have the Diana The Musical on DVD and its dreadful, its as camp as Christmas

Here in the UK we had a ballet about her life to which was laughed of the stage

[keen on kean]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 8:01pm

We don't seem to be able to let the poor woman rest in peace.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 8:13pm

I know, its depressing

She was loved so much here in the UK and crap like these shows or Paul (i would sell her ashes if i had them) Burrell (will you guys get him out of your country) just P**s all over her memory

[Scripps2]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 5:44pm

There's already a very good musical about a woman who died young whilst having an enormous emotional influence over a country in which she was a leading figure; it's called Evita.

Any musical about Princess Diana would at best be a re-hash of that. Or at worst, like the subject of this thread, be a vulgar distortion.

Like keen says, let her rest in peace.