First Look: ‘Rocky’ on Broadway (by RockyOnBroadway)
Mock it all you want those Flaherty and Ahrens songs sound pretty good.
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No not “Rocky Horror” rather Rocky.
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, a Tony Award-winning songwriting team (“Ragtime”), who along with book writer Thomas Meehan are deep into a stage musical adaptation of the boxing-cum-romantic drama “Rocky,” the winner of the 1976 Academy Award for best picture.
The creators and producers, which include “Rocky” star and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone, held a private reading of the work in New York in April, according to Mr. Meehan and a member of the producing team, Barbara Darwall. In interviews on Wednesday, they described the reading as creatively successful and said work was continuing toward the goal of mounting the musical in Germany in the fall of 2012 — and then, they hope, bringing “Rocky” to Broadway in the spring of 2013.
Ok then. While another movie adaptation is the last thing Broadway needs (especially this movie), Ahrens and Flaherty with Thomas Meehan is promising.
Another week of new instant picks for the Whatcha Gonna Queue blog.
Featuring The Crazies (2009), Girl Who Played With Fire, Our Town, Important Things With Demetri Martin Season One, 1984, Rocky, and Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Nothing too crazy here except that Stamos was originally supposed to sing “Sweet Transvestite.” The real good comes from the link to a post at gleeksonline.com. Apparently Stamos recorded a demo of the song…
“Sweet Transvestite” Demo from The Rocky Horror Glee Show LEAKED! | GleeksOnline.com
Better or worse than Amber Riley’s? I say better.
