What's new for these composers?

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What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:28pm

Does anyone know what new projects Webber, Schonberg and Boubil , Menken, Sondhiem and Wildhorn may be working on next?
I thought I heard Sondhiem was bring back Bounce to NY, but I can't remember were I heard that from.

Thanks.

#2

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:30pm

Webber-No new work that I know of. Probably preparing for Evita in London.

Schonberg and Boubil: The Pirate Queen

Menken: Leap of Faith and Sister Act

Sondheim: Nothing that I know of.

WIldhorn: 8,000 projects that I'm sure will suffer similar fates as his other work.

#3

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:31pm

Any news on Guettel? Is he still working on The Princess Bride?

#4

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:33pm

Guettel is known for being a very slow composer, so I imagine, we won't see Princess Bride for a while...

Updated On: 2/20/06 at 12:33 PM

#5

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:14pm

i love wildhorn flops!

#6

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:25pm

Menken's probably also working on his new movie musical with Disney, Enchanted, and (possibly) The Little Mermaid.

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#7

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:21pm

Wait... The Princess Bride as in THE Princess Bride? Like "As you wish?" OHMIGOD.

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#8

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:25pm

How about Lachiusa and Brown?

#9

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:25pm

Yes..THAT Princess Bride..as in "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father..prepare to die!"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94526.html

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#10

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:30pm

Jason Robert Brown is currently workshopping "Thirteen" in L.A., as well as working on "Honeymoon In Vegas" with Andrew Bergman.

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#11

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:57pm

Wildhorn - not quite 8,000, but WAITING FOR THE MOON, CAMILLE CLAUDEL, HAVANA, MITZUKO, EXALCIBUR, RUDOLF - THE LAST KISS, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and the JEKYLL & HYDE MOVIE.

#12

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:09pm

Boublil & Schonberg's Pirate Queen is in the final stages of casting and should be announced with in a matter of days.

Horay!!!!!

Updated On: 2/20/06 at 03:09 PM

#13

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:42pm

"Bounce", the SondheimWeidman show that closed out of town several seasons ago I believe is in the midst of having or just ended a workshop for the piece.

#14

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:57pm

I don't know if this is true, but didn't Sondheim retire?

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#15

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 4:15pm

That would be a crime indeed! I don't allow Sondheim to retire! Since when do Broadway composers retire? I only recall Richard Adler to have done that, okay and Harvey Schmidt... But not Sondheim, pleeeeaaaase! He should take the good example of Rodgers or Coleman...

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re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 4:16pm

I've been hearing a lot of good things about the pirate queen and I'm excited to hear about casting! I've read some casting rumors so I'll be excited to see if they are true or not. I'm surprised they haven't announced it yet. On their website it says it was supposed to be announced by the end of 2005.

Galilee, How do you know it'll be announced soon?

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#17

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 5:26pm

I can't even wait for JRB's new show "Thirteen" and this is the first I have heard of "Honeymoon in Vegas." I am also looking forward to Menken's new stuff. What about O'Keefe...last i heard was that he had composed Legally Blonde but I have only heard that they had a concert featuring some of the songs. If anyone can shed any more light on Legally Blonde or just what O'Keefe is up to that would be great. Oh and sorry, anybody know what Marx and Lopez are up to? Is it true that they might be working on a show with Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Broadway?

#18

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Posted: 2/20/06 at 5:31pm

I hear "thirteen" is another JRB classic, Wildhorn is doing "Alice in Wonderland"?!! that should be frighteningly creepy!

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re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 5:59pm

years ago there were talks of MASADA the musical.
i have a fairly respectable concept cd (lavish double cd with vast booklet) which has great melodies, so-so lyrics and a nice romantic LesMizy storyline (which is fine!).

every other season i hear some kind of vibe about it. does anyone know anything about it?

composer: shuki levy
original CD lyrics (i think i heard they were rewritten): Shell Danielson

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#20

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 8:19pm

Wildhorn is also working on Cyrano.

#21

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 8:21pm

Well, LaChiusa has "Bernarda Alba" opening in March...and has been travelling back and forth working on Audra McDonald's solo opera.

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#22

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 9:37pm

Andrew Lloyd Webber mentioned a couple of times while promoting Phantom that he had received a book of poetry written by people in the Warsaw ghetto that he was thinking of setting to music. He did say that if he were to do this (and it didn't sound definite AT ALL) that it wouldn't be a musical, but a concert work. I also remember an article about him that was written around the time of Phantom becoming the longest running show that he was in pursuit of a novel that he thought might make a musical, but he didn't name it.

#23

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 9:47pm

Wildhorn is doing a musical Cyrano in London which may make it to Broadway if he can scare up enough backers ( Bialystock & Bloom anyone ? )after Dracula. I say this as a Wildhorn fan

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#24

re: What's new for these composers?

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:02pm

Hasn't Webber been also talking about turning Sunset Boulevard into a movie, so I would imgaine he might be working on that.

#25

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Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:24am

Oh, duh, how stupid am I? CYRANO, duh!