Doogie...all of these are in the works.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN creators Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan have completed the first act and nine songs for the musical, which is going to be directed by Susan Stroman.
THE COLOR PURPLE already had it's out-of-town tryout and is trying to book a Broadway house (If SWEET CHARITY closes, it has one). It was staged by Gary Griffin featuring a book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman ('night, Mother) based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Music is by pop songwriters Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
THE WEDDING SINGER will do it's out-of-town tryout in Seattle, aiming for an April 2006 Broadway opening at a Jujamcyn theatre. The musical will feature lyrics by Chad Beguelin and music by Matt Sklar. Tim Herlihy, who wrote the screenplay for the film, will team with Beguelin to write the musical's book.
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB will be produced by Paul Lambert and Jonas Neilson and will feature a score by Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland, the threesome who created hits for Martha and The Vandellas, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and The Supremes.
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is also in the works with Marc Shaiman and Scott Whitman composing the score and with Terrence McNally as the book writer.
And LEGALLY BLONDE has signed Jerry Mitchell as it's director/choreographer. It is being written by composer Laurence O'Keefe, lyricist Nell Benjamin and librettist Heather Hach.
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Updated On: 6/25/05 at 08:56 PM