Batman on Broadway!

[Brian Damage]

I usually don't cut and paste articles, but I wanted you guys to read this little bit about Tim Burton possibly bringing Batman to the bright lights of Broadway!

Word has it, via a report in the NEW YORK POST, Tim Burton is considering doing
for Broadway what he did for the box office in 1989.
Namely, bring a big-budget adaptation of BATMAN to
audiences.

Broadway? Aren’t most big Broadway shows musicals?
We’re glad you asked. Yes, they are. Does this mean
Burton, whose film credits include PLANET OF THE
APES, MARS ATTACKS and the first two BATMAN
films, is going to turn the Dark Knight into the Tap
Dancer? Yes, it does.

Well, we’re not sure about the tapping, but Burton is
planning to create the show as a musical with music
by Jim Steinman (he wrote the 1980s hit from
FOOTLOOSE, “Holding Out For A Hero.”

The plan now is to open the show “out of town”
meaning not New York City, in 2004, then move the
show to Broadway in 2005. The characters included,
supposedly, are Batman, Robin, Catwoman and The
Joker.

[Impressions]

Wow! I find it hard to believe that Batman in a musical, with his cowl and cape and all? This should be interesting....lol

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by Classic is Better
Wow! I find it hard to believe that Batman in a musical, with his cowl and cape and all? This should be interesting....lol

I read about that the other day I believe, and I thought the same thing. This is the dark Batman we are talking about, isn't Burton worried that this will cast Batman and the gang in a cheesy light? People were so upset with the 66 series because Batman wasn't the dark and brooding figure he was in the comics.

I'm going to agree with CIB. This should be interesting.....

[TJL]

Ya know, I've been turning this little new item over in my head the past few days, and to be honest, I don't think it's that bad an idea.
If they keep it dark, using Tim Burton's vision of a bleak Gotham City and a tortured hero, you might have something..
Heck, Phantom of The Opera isn't exactly a "feel good" musical, and that's made millions.

If Burton is in charge, you can be sure he'll use his buddy Danny Elfman to compose the music. Elfman, formerly of the Group Oingo Boingo, moved to movie scores, and he does the music for just about all of Tim Burton's movies.

It's so crazy it just might work...

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by TJL
Ya know, I've been turning this little new item over in my head the past few days, and to be honest, I don't think it's that bad an idea.
If they keep it dark, using Tim Burton's vision of a bleak Gotham City and a tortured hero, you might have something..
Heck, Phantom of The Opera isn't exactly a "feel good" musical, and that's made millions.

If Burton is in charge, you can be sure he'll use his buddy Danny Elfman to compose the music. Elfman, formerly of the Group Oingo Boingo, moved to movie scores, and he does the music for just about all of Tim Burton's movies.

It's so crazy it just might work...

You do have a point TJL. It might be so crazy that it just might work.

In my mind I'm thinking of it kind of like the Grease movies where you break into a song at any certain point. I just think it would be pretty weird to see Batman and Robin break out in a song while they fight or something.

[TJL]

Originally posted by Jenny


You do have a point TJL. It might be so crazy that it just might work.

In my mind I'm thinking of it kind of like the Grease movies where you break into a song at any certain point. I just think it would be pretty weird to see Batman and Robin break out in a song while they fight or something.

If they focus on the tragedy that happened to Bruce Wayne as a child, his overpowering need to fight crime that drove him to become Batman, you might have something.
Heck, you could do a sort of parallel storyline with the origin of the Joker. Here's a guy who's gone completely insane, if that's not a showstopping number right there, I don't know what is...

[Brian Damage]

Hey, Broadway actually made a musical from the writings of Dr. Suess. If they could make a Suessical they can make anything!

[Impressions]

Originally posted by TJL

If they focus on the tragedy that happened to Bruce Wayne as a child, his overpowering need to fight crime that drove him to become Batman, you might have something.
Heck, you could do a sort of parallel storyline with the origin of the Joker. Here's a guy who's gone completely insane, if that's not a showstopping number right there, I don't know what is...

That would be interesting to see Batman as a young child and what made him change into a sudden hero and a beloved romodel. The Joker, and how he became shaken, and a disturbed villian and what drived him insane and foolish in his own ill-mannered way, but thats a different story lol. If they turn the Batman extravaganza around, it just may work. I agree, It would be interesting to see batman do a medieval and a gothic alteration, and keep it dark and mysterious.