Does anyone know if she has ever expressed any interest in musical theatre? It's a stretch, but here comes the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon"-esque story of Celine's only involvement with musical theater that I know of, and Elfuhbuh will appreciate this because she's a (somewhat-)fan of the show involved:
In 1996, Celine had a huge smash hit with "It's All Coming Back To Me Now," written by Jim Steinman. Seeking a big follow-up by the same guy, she cut a tune by Steinman and frequent Broadway lyricist Don Black called "Is Nothing Sacred." It was supposed to be on the big follow-up album, but due to a publishing dispute (she wanted to own at least part of the publishing, Steinman said no), it didn't make the final cut. Still, the Celine track leaked at some point and has been out there.
Well, here's the Broadway connection at long last... at one point in the stages of rewrite that resulted in
Tanz der Vampire becoming
Dance of the Vampires, "Is Nothing Sacred" was a part of the show. And, as he and Andrew Lloyd Webber had done with
Whistle Down the Wind, a celebrity recording of songs from the show was initially planned. Names like Bono, Mary J. Blige, Bette Midler, and Michael Crawford (who eventually got the show as well, but the less said about that, the better) were kicked around. Given "Is Nothing Sacred" having a place in the show at the time, Steinman at one point intended on dusting off this Celine vault track for the celebrity album. The celebrity album, of course, never happened, and neither did "Is Nothing Sacred" -- it was cut at some point in re-drafting.
That's as close as Celine's ever gotten to Broadway so far, to my knowledge.
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