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JamesG · 03-03-2009, 01:38 PM

Sleepless In Seattle: The Musical Heads To Broadway
3 March 2009 8:10 AM, PST

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's 1993 romantic comedy Sleepless In Seattle is heading to Broadway - as a musical.

Screenwriter Jeff Arch, who penned the hit movie, is working with composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse to turn the film into a song-and-dance production for the New York stage.

The theatre adaptation, aimed for release in 2010, will be directed by My Big Fat Greek Wedding filmmaker Joel Zwick and produced by David Shor, according to industry paper Daily Variety.

-IMDB News

Liza · 03-09-2009, 09:23 PM

Good Lord, this is getting ridiculous! Every movie is being turned into a Broadway musical: Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, The Producers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Young Frankenstein, even Xanadu! There seems to be no one in the Broadway circuit capable of coming up with an original idea!

By the way, if Sleepless in Seattle's coming, I guarantee you When Harry Met Sally isn't far behind (it already played in London).

browneyes106 · 03-10-2009, 12:38 AM

I think a romance movie about a widower being turned into a musical sounds horrible.

Schmoopie · 06-22-2009, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by browneyes106

I think a romance movie about a widower being turned into a musical sounds horrible.

I do too, and Sleepless in Seattle is my second all-time favorite movie!

03-03-2009, 01:38 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	"Sleepless In Seattle" To Become Broadway Musical and Movie Musical Sleepless In Seattle: The Musical Heads To Broadway 3 March 2009 8:10 AM, PST Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's 1993 romantic comedy Sleepless In Seattle is heading to Broadway - as a musical. Screenwriter Jeff Arch, who penned the hit movie, is working with composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse to turn the film into a song-and-dance production for the New York stage. The theatre adaptation, aimed for release in 2010, will be directed by My Big Fat Greek Wedding filmmaker Joel Zwick and produced by David Shor, according to industry paper Daily Variety. -IMDB News

03-09-2009, 09:23 PM	#2
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	Good Lord, this is getting ridiculous! Every movie is being turned into a Broadway musical: Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, The Producers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Young Frankenstein, even Xanadu! There seems to be no one in the Broadway circuit capable of coming up with an original idea! By the way, if Sleepless in Seattle's coming, I guarantee you When Harry Met Sally isn't far behind (it already played in London).

03-10-2009, 12:38 AM	#3
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	I think a romance movie about a widower being turned into a musical sounds horrible.