American Psycho the Musical Launches Kickstarter Campaign With Promo Video

By Stephanie Sharp at 9:30 AM on April 24, 2013

The video provides the first sneak peak of Sheik's music for the play with the '80s-inspired song "You Are What You Wear."   read more

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American Psycho Musical to Debut in London This Winter

By Stephanie Sharp at 11:45 AM on April 22, 2013

The musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel American Psycho will premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London this winter.  read more

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Planning School of Rock Stage Musical

By Stephanie Sharp at 4:15 PM on April 8, 2013

Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed on CBC radio that he plans to adapt the 2003 comedy School of Rock into his next stage musical.  read more

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Tina Fey Trying to Develop Mean Girls Musical

By Stephanie Sharp at 2:00 PM on January 28, 2013

Don’t mind what Regina George says, this is so FETCH. During an interview with E! News on the red carpet before last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Tina Fey discussed the possibility of an upcoming musical based on her 2004 comedy hit Mean Girls....  read more

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Hipsters

By David Roark at 1:01 AM on February 23, 2012

The idea behind Hipsters couldn’t be more pertinent, as the hipsters of 1950s Russia look strikingly similar to the hipsters of today. The boys sport skinny jeans, ironic ties and pompadour haircuts while the girls wear colorful scarves and skirts and high-heeled sandals with big, glitzy hair. It sets up a great opportunity to study hipster culture, paralleling the past and present. But, while its vibrant style keeps it afloat, Hipsters fails to fully tap into its potential pertinence....  read more

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Help Stuart Murdoch Finance A Musical Film

By Hilary Saunders at 3:07 PM on January 12, 2012

Stuart Murdoch, one half of the Scottish indie-pop duo Belle & Sebastian, wrote and plans on directing a feature-length musical film entitled _God Help The Girl_ later this year and through 2013.   read more

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Sylvester Stallone Launching Rocky: The Musical

By K. Alexander Smith at 4:43 PM on November 21, 2011

Back in June, we reported on an upcoming Rocky Musical that was in development. It seems that particular vision fell through, but the project was recently picked back up with assistance from brothers, Ph.D. holders and heavyweight boxing champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko.  read more

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Footloose

By Jonathan W. Hickman at 2:37 PM on October 18, 2011

Directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan), Footloose is less a remake than an update of the 1984 original film.  read more

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Fight Club Musical Finally Happening?

By Adam Vitcavage at 2:37 PM on September 1, 2011

David Fincher first brought up the idea of a Fight Club musical a couple years ago to everyone’s horror. Even author Chuck Pahalnuik was one of them and laughed off the notion of turning one of the most critically acclaimed novels and films in recent memory into a musical.  read more

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Musical About Kanye West's Life to be Staged in Australia

By Adam Vitcavage at 2:10 PM on August 26, 2011

A musical about Kanye West will be staged in Australia early next month. Sydney University students have produced a story that will follow the hip-hop mogul from his days in Chicago through becoming an in demand producer before finally tackling his fame as one of the greatest living rappers.  read more

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