Riverdale to Broadway - Is Archie heading to NYC?

[Broadway Bounce]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 2:31pm

An interesting paring of Funny or Die and director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) with plans to bring Archie and the gang to Broadway in a new musical.

http://www.boneaubryanbrown.com/show/Archie/

http://archiemusical.com/

 

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Updated On: 6/14/17 at 02:31 PM

[kaykordeath]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 2:50pm

Very interesting. 

 

While he is mentioned by name in the release, it may not be widely known that the COO of Archie comics, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, is a playwright who, among other things, wrote the book for the American Psycho musical.

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 7:31pm

This was announced back in 2015, and we haven't heard anything since. Not expecting to see this in NYC anytime soon.

[JennH]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:36pm

I kid you not, I was just thinking a day or two ago about what an "Archies" musical would be like...It just came into my brain without me asking. Hell, saying "Riverdale to Broadway" is cheeky to me because after finding out a while ago that there's a neighborhood/city in The Bronx called Riverdale, my filter decided that's where it takes place. And since Betty's sister lives in NYC...could there even BE any other option?? #Archiesfannerdalert

[Broadway Bounce]

Posted: 6/15/17 at 1:48am

I wonder i the popularity of the CW show will help to push this forward?


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[Fan123]

Posted: 6/13/22 at 6:38am

While not exactly a Broadway musical, there's going to be an 'Archies' Bollywood musical film on Netflix:

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/suhana-khan-khushi-kapoor-archies-netflix-1235266189/

Updated On: 6/13/22 at 06:38 AM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/21/23 at 3:07pm

https://collider.com/riverdale-season-7-musical-episode-original-songs/

According to TV Line, Season 7's musical episode will feature original songs.Entitled "Archie: The Musical," the episode comes full circle, returning to its roots of a school musical thanks to this season's 1950s time jump. In it, Kevin (Casey Cott) ad Clay (Karl Walcott) write a musical together, and even get to pitch it to Principal Featherhead (William MacDonald). However, as Kevin and Clay move forward with their plans, Kevin soon learns that the others don't hold the same level of enthusiasm as Kevin initially thought. Meanwhile, the musical also prompts some introspection, with Archie wondering what he wants out of life, and Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Veronica (Camila Mendes) confronting some tension between them.

I wonder if any of the plot or these songs were for this Broadway-aimed musical: https://deadline.com/2015/08/archie-musical-broadway-funny-or-die-1201492180/

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 6/21/23 at 3:27pm

There was a stage comedy by the title of Archie Andrews written in 1952 by Carl Jampel, one of the veteran writers of the Archie radio show.  It's sort of your average stage farce involving mistaken identity and whatnot, but it's charming and makes sure all of the classic characters are well-defined.  Might be considered too straightforward and light for modern audiences more familiar with the Riverdale Archie, though.

[Fan123]

Posted: 12/2/23 at 4:39am

That aforementioned Netflix Bollywood 'The Archies' musical film is coming out on 7 December.