2 posts tagged ‘mel brooks’
12 more Broadway musicals based on films we’d like to see on the big screen
AV Club,
It’s nothing new for Broadway creatives to look to Hollywood for inspiration, but the trend has gotten a little out of hand in recent years. You can’t throw a stone in Times Square without hitting an advertisement for the latest musical based on a movie. But now it’s Hollywood taking the cue from Broadway’s successes.… Read more...
Will Mean Girls kick off a new era for the 'movie to musical to movie musical' pipeline?
Mean Girls, the movie-musical adaption that opens in theaters this weekend, feels like both an inevitable release and a bizarre confluence of trends that began long before its young cast was even born. We know that Hollywood will take any opportunity to expand an existing piece of intellectual property in a bid to… Read more...