if there's a "Thriller" musical....

[dfwtheatreguy]

if there's a "Thriller" musical....#1

Posted: 3/14/09 at 2:39pm

does that mean that we could expect a Madonna jukebox musical one day not too far away?

"The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life." - Arthur Miller

[boydowncenter]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#2

Posted: 3/14/09 at 4:42pm

augh.
shoot me now.

[dfwtheatreguy]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#2

Posted: 3/14/09 at 5:51pm

think about it

we've had:

an Elvis jukebox (All Shook Up)
a Bob Dylan jukebox
a Billy Joel jukebox (Movin Out)
a Michael Jackson jukebox (Thriller)

the next logic step in the equation would be either a Madonna or an Elton John jukebox show.

"The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life." - Arthur Miller

[gvendo2005]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#3

Posted: 3/14/09 at 7:30pm

It's not going to happen. John Landis' lawsuit killed the deal.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[antonijan]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#4

Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:06am

hopefully...an amenable agreement can bring it back to life.

[jacobsnchz14]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#5

Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:12am

Don't forget ABBA! lol.

[BrodyFosse123]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#6

Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:23am

WE WILL ROCK YOU (Queen)
GOOD VIBRATIONS (The Beach Boys)
MAMMA MIA! (ABBA)
OUR HOUSE (Madness)
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN: The Musical (Blondie)

... I'm sure there are a ton of others.

[FeelingElectric]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#7

Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:56am

Don't forget about Ring Of Fire. I certainly won't ever forget it!

Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten. "Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield

[onedaymore]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#8

Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:13am

Worst jukebox musical ever? Rock of Ages. UGHHHH....

Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek

[BroadwayBound062]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#9

Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:21am

Don't make me throw up

Genius lasts longer than beauty.

[darquegk]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#10

Posted: 7/6/09 at 9:53am

At least two Meat Loaf jukebox musicals are in the works.

As far as Elton John, one musical of his songs, Tumbleweed Connection, has already gone up, but it wasn't technically a jukebox show as much as a "real musical," since it only used the songs from his Tumbleweed Connection concept album to tell their story, much like "Tommy" isn't a jukebox musical, but just a musical.

[childcatcher2]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#11

Posted: 7/6/09 at 10:19am

I think a madonna musical would be good actually....

[gvendo2005]

re: if there's a 'Thriller' musical....#12

Posted: 7/6/09 at 11:40am

"hopefully...an amenable agreement can bring it back to life."

The short version of the answer to this is that even an amenable agreement will never make it happen, or at least not in the form of a musical called "Thriller" based on the video. A Michael Jackson jukebox musical is more than likely gonna happen, but expect it to be a very different theme, albeit a familiar one to any theatre people worth their salt.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

Updated On: 7/6/09 at 11:40 AM