What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#1
Posted: 4/25/22 at 9:41am
In December 2017 Universal announced that they were developing a Death Becomes Her musical with Kirstin Chenoweth but there have been no news since.
Is there any insider info on this? Has it been scrapped?
it’s one of my favorite movies and I think it would lend itself well to a Broadway adaptation, so I’m kinda bummed nothing has materialized yet
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#2
Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:38am
It's GREAT material for a musical. But I don't think authors were ever announced for the Cheno version? It can really overcomplicate things when an actor is announced prior to a creative team...a lot of women could play those parts well.
Feels like ideal subject matter for Marc Shaiman or Tim Minchin or the Lopezes.
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#3
Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:40am
This was one of half a dozen musicals Cheno said she was doing. When she announces or hints at a musical she’s doing, I immediately know it’ll never happen.
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#4
Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:48am
https://youtu.be/Sitdu1KFz0c
I don't know if he's ever been attached to the project, but Joe Iconis wrote a pretty good song based on the movie.
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What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#5
Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:53am
It’s been delayed due to Chenoweth’s attachment to 34 other musical adaptations and bio musicals in development.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#6
Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:30am
Yeah, it's stuck in development hell. Universal hired writers and none of them have any interesting theatre credits, so we'll see if it ever actually materializes.
Updated On: 4/25/22 at 11:30 AMWhat happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#7
Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:33am
It’ll play in rep with “Soapdish”, her Marlene Dietrich musical and whatever that country western show she said she was working on.
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What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#8
Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:38am
Jordan Catalano said: "It’ll play in rep with “Soapdish”, her Marlene Dietrich musical and whatever that country western show she said she was working on."
And her Tammy Faye musical.............
What happened to the Death Becomes Her musical?#9
Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:57am
DaveyG said: "Jordan Catalano said: "It’ll play in rep with “Soapdish”, her Marlene Dietrich musical and whatever that country western show she said she was working on."
And her Tammy Faye musical............."
I hate that there were even multiple musicals about that woman in development, but Cheno HAS to be the top choice if Elton's transfers, right? I mean it's perfect casting.
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