Whitney Houston Musical In The Works

I miss when I was mad cause every movie was getting adapted to a Broadway show.

This is somehow worse.

Also at a certain point I just feel bad for these artists (the ones still alive). They find out that their hardest points in life are gonna be fodder for producers to have a compelling second act of a broadway show. It's kinda icky.

They also are never bringing to the table new themes. It's "the price of fame" over and over and over and over again.

Updated On: 2/15/22 at 12:51 PM

EDSOSLO858 said: "I called it. Mariah, Aretha Franklin, and Diana Ross are next."

I will be seated FRONT ROW ORCHESTRA for Glitter, the Musical. I'd actually kill for an original musical written by Mariah lol.

Aretha and Miss Ross the Boss are exactly why I find many of these bio-anythings so lacking. Aretha and Diana were both incredibly private people. So what exactly are you going to show me about them that's worth Broadway prices and two hours of my life I could spend listening to one of their albums?

In Diana's case, the part of her life that was semi-public and would make for interesting entertainment was fictionalized and turned into a musical 40 years ago.

Excellent point above about how all of these are a “price of fame” story. Can’t say I ever really thought of that before.

I know she’s working on a biopic right now but I’d still give anything for a Madonna jukebox show about her life, recreating those iconic moments from her career. I’d pay premium prices (and as a Jew, that’s saying something) to sit front row and see “Madonna” roll around in front of me in a wedding dress.

And of course Whitney’s estate is going to handle the show, so no mention of her alleged (confirmed?) lesbian relationship with Robyn Crawford and how Bobby Brown was basically a marriage of convenience.

^ And that’s the problem right there.

True, but it worked for Mamma Mia, right?

quizking101 said: "And of course Whitney’s estate is going to handle the show, so no mention of her alleged (confirmed?) lesbian relationship with Robyn Crawford and how Bobby Brown was basically a marriage of convenience."

Her relationship with Robyn is public knowledge now, but I would not categorize her relationship with Bobby Brown as a marriage of convenience. She did love him. Despite the fact that he was abusive. She also loved Robyn, but no, I don't think we'll ever see that addressed in any official Whitney Houston story.

Updated On: 2/15/22 at 02:57 PM

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "I miss when I was mad cause every movie was getting adapted to a Broadway show.

This is somehow worse.
They also are never bringing to the table new themes. It's "the price of fame" over and over and over and over again."



Agreed. Even if the film adaptations are sometimes unoriginal compared to their source material, at least they vary from EACH OTHER. These bio-jukebox shows/films are all copy-paste, and bad on top of it!

All of these bio musicals are hot garbage mainly because they reduce a complex artist and person to a series of bullet points. It’s incredibly insulting if you ask me. So dramatically unsatisfying. I don’t go to the theatre for a Vegas show.


They all inevitably suffer because they can’t replicate the icon they are celebrating. To me that is the most dismal aspect. That along with they are never truly honest.


The last HBO doc on Tina was heartbreaking and it was her truth. It was so melancholy, yet so personal and beautiful. She was depressed much of her life and even when she eventually achieved great fame she was working longer than she wanted to ensure her financial comfort in old age. There is no way to monetize that truth for the stage. What gets produced is sanitized dreck.


Whitney was emotionally and sexually abused as a child. She lived with emotional neglect and anxiety as she was pushed to stardom. She then felt the pressure of supporting her family and continuing to produce hit records. She was initially rejected by the black music industry which caused her more trauma. The trauma kept folding in on itself until her tragic and untimely death. How does one monetize that into a fun, pop filled Cinderella story. It’s just so gross.


Also currently there is a concert in Vegas with a full band, back up singers and dancers and a hologram of Whitney. How garish is that? Her estate must be really hungry. Sickening.

I so agree with this point some of these people went through really really tough times. And even when biopic films are formulaic they at least respect the reality of darkness. They aren't afraid to go there.

When the point of these shows is the CATALOGUE first and attracting fans of the artist, they neuter the people's story so the show isn't too dismal. And THAT I think is supremely gross.