Tuachan will produce revised production of Wildhorn musical, WONDERLAND

https://www.tuacahn.org/show/wonderland-2022/

SHOW DATES: MAY 13 - OCT 21, 2022

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Billed as a modern-day retelling of a classicstory,Wonderlandfollows a woman, Alice, living in current-day New York City, juggling a failing marriage, motherhood, and intense work environmentto the point of challenging her own sense of identity.In a dream, she aligns herself with the famed Alice ofAlice in Wonderland, hilariously skewing reality, meanwhile working through obstacles of unexpected characters: a Cheshire Cat with a Latin flair, a delightfully dotty Queen of Hearts, and of course,a malicious Mad Hatter. Alice finds a new sense of balance and strength within herself, as she realizes the power of true love. With original music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Count of Monte Cristo) and lyrics by Jack Murphy.

Bring the whole family to join Alice on her adventures in Wonderland and experience magic and surprises you can only find at Tuacahn!

Rights from MTI for the original version of Wonderland are now currently unavailable.

Updated On: 1/18/22 at 05:38 PM

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LOL.

I just don't think Alice in Wonderland will ever be a compelling musical. It doesn't have much of a forward momentum plot and these songs aren't great... that Broadway production was just awful though. The show needs spectacle, so maybe Tuachan can do that.

"And in the span of just a few minutes, Wildhorn is suddenly gaining a bit of traction (also considering the surprise Bonnie and Clyde West End transfer in the spring)."

The problem was by the time "Bonnie & Clyde" came out, anything done by Wildhorn was DOA by the critics. I think the music for "Bonnie & Clyde" was pretty good.

Both Wonderland and Bonnie & Clyde have their flaws (especially the former), but the scores are decent. I think a reworking of the books would do wonders for both shows.

Sidenote - I hope Jeremy transfers with Bonnie & Clyde and his former cast mate is somewhere having serious FOMO.......

The artwork for this production is very similar to the recent UK tour which makes me think this “revised” production is going to be the same production.


I hope not as that production was truly horrific.

I do think the score has some fun bops, but that book if absolutely atrocious. The Broadway production also looked extremely cheap and misguided design-wise.

''And in the span of just a few minutes, Wildhorn is suddenly gaining a bit of traction (also considering the surprise Bonnie and Clyde West End transfer in the spring).''

For the record, there is a whole world outside of Broadway and the West End that loves Wildhorn's music. . Last year, he was commissioned to write a full-scale symphony for the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, Playbill also reported that Wildhorn was working on ''Peter the Great,'' a new musical set for St. Petersburg, Russia, and 2022 would see productions of his ''Xcalibur'' in South Korea, and ''The Man Who Never Laughs'' and ''Never Say Goodbye'' in Japan.

And recently it was announced that his newest show, ''The Song of Bernadette,'' will make its world premiere at Milwaukee's Skylight Music Theatre in 2023. Here's Jeremy Jordan singing ''Tear It All Down'' from this musical.

https://playbill.com/article/listen-to-jeremy-jordan-sing-tear-it-all-down-from-new-frank-wildhorn-musical-the-song-of-bernadette

Updated On: 5/14/22 at 02:38 AM

He’s doing another anime inspired musical, Your Lie in April, in Japan as well.