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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 15:34:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 15:37:20 GMT
Will @theatremonkey.com be auditioning for the role of Bubbles?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 19, 2018 15:37:24 GMT
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.
You can bet it won't tell the real story.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 18:56:01 GMT
Cirque du Soleil have had a couple of goes with this already. Michael Jackson:One has been playing in Las Vegas since 2013.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 19:03:39 GMT
Cirque du Soleil have had a couple of goes with this already. Michael Jackson: One has been playing in Las Vegas since 2013. I've not seen either of their attempts, but reading about One it doesn't seem to contain a particularity biographically driven narrative, which is what I assume this new production intends. |
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Post by raiseitup on Jan 23, 2019 17:25:54 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jan 23, 2019 17:42:19 GMT
I wonder what it would mean for Thriller if this ended up being successful,
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Post by ali973 on Jan 23, 2019 17:57:30 GMT
^ There's more than enough room for two MJ musicals at the same time. I also think they'll operate on different markets and have a completely different model.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 18:02:58 GMT
One word: ugh.
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Post by Jon on Jan 23, 2019 18:03:07 GMT
^ There's more than enough room for two MJ musicals at the same time. I also think they'll operate on different markets and have a completely different model. I get the feeling the Michael Jackson estate will pull the theatrical rights much like Rudin did with To Kill a Mockingbird. |
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Post by raider80 on Jan 23, 2019 19:47:24 GMT
I wonder what it would mean for Thriller if this ended up being successful, Scott Rudin will come knocking. |
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Post by QueerTheatre on Jan 23, 2019 23:30:12 GMT
The only positive to this is the potential closure of Thriller.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 7:16:06 GMT
Whilst I don't like Thriller (would be glad to see the back of it) and generally don't like Jukeboxes, I'm open-minded about a MJ bio musical. There's certainly more than enough for them to cover to make a decent story, although sticking to his 20-30's is a wise move for musical consistency (he wrote and produced some great music in that period) and narrative-wise (whilst they could re-use the Evita balcony no-one really wants to see the baby-dangling incident reenacted).
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 14, 2019 18:09:04 GMT
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Post by raider80 on Feb 14, 2019 20:06:37 GMT
That’s risky and I hope the producers know what they are doing. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 14, 2019 20:28:54 GMT
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Post by raider80 on Feb 14, 2019 21:49:24 GMT
Ya that was what I was thinking in my post above but completely forgot the name of the doc. The big question is if this show makes it at all, I've heard "Leaving Neverland" is on the same level as "Surviving R.Kelly."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 7:25:07 GMT
Ya that was what I was thinking in my post above but completely forgot the name of the doc. The big question is if this show makes it at all, I've heard "Leaving Neverland" is on the same level as "Surviving R.Kelly." The biggest difference is that Leaving Neverland only interviews 2 accusers and their family - there’s no investigative journalism included. Which is a shame, as the film makers would then have discovered that one of them has repeatedly defended MJ for 20 years, claiming he was never abused - going as far as to stand up in court and defend MJ in his 2005 trial, and perform in Janet’s 2009 MTV tribute to MJ. He only began saying he was abused after MJ died and his estate declined his request to direct a Cirque Du Soleil show about MJ. A year later he was shopping a book (that no one would publish) and the other accuser in the documentary states he only realised he was abused after hearing what the other was claiming publicly. Both tried to sue the estate (same representation) for $1.5B and a judge dismissed the case in 2017... which has an appeal later this year. Abuse is terrible - in any form - but I don’t understand how any respectable film maker or network (HBO) can create a series designed to destroy a dead man without a shred of evidence, on the word of people who stood up in court, defended their supposed abuser (when he was on trial for abuse) and are currently trying to extract money from the estate. |
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Post by ali973 on Feb 15, 2019 15:17:08 GMT
Just when I finally got familiar with the difference between a lab and a workshop, they decide to throw in "development session" just for fun.
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Post by indis on Feb 16, 2019 18:41:34 GMT
is this replacing Thriller then?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 20:00:45 GMT
is this replacing Thriller then? We don't even know if it's opening in London at all. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 16, 2019 20:03:02 GMT
We can but hope that it never does. Unless it is absolutely honest about his flaws, I have no desire that any theatre is polluted with a celebration of his life in any form. His music I can separate - but his life does not deserve celebration.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 18, 2019 22:39:45 GMT
Why has this suddenly made me nervous...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 23:10:25 GMT
So let me get this right. She believes that Michael Jackson abused young boys for years but still wants to write the book for a musical about him? A musical that's called 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'? What kind of cloud cuckoo land is she living in? Someone take that Pulitzer Prize away, she clearly can't be trusted with it!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2019 0:10:11 GMT
So let me get this right. She believes that Michael Jackson abused young boys for years but still wants to write the book for a musical about him? A musical that's called 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'? What kind of cloud cuckoo land is she living in? Someone take that Pulitzer Prize away, she clearly can't be trusted with it! ££££ |
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