Was “Turn Off the Dark” not enough for you? Need a few more geek-related musicals in your life? Well thank Broadway, Topps, and IDW, because they’re bring you a musical adaption of Mars Attacks, the popular sci-fi trading card set, and it’s set to debut next year. Not only that, IDW will be releasing a Mars Attacks comic book series this June. The full title of the musical is Mars Attacks: 21st Century Slaughter, and I’m sure it will be interesting… but will it be good? Read more…
Word came out this week that the Pee-Wee Herman Show, and its infamous star Paul Rubens, are moving on to Broadway, for a short time at least. This is one of those ideas that makes you go, “why didn’t anyone think of this YEARS ago?” because Pee-Wee and its mix of puppetry and live stars are perfect for the stage.
But it’s not the only show that I’d like to see get a Broadway adaptation. Here are just a few from my childhood* that deserve a shot.
* I watched some Nick at Nite, so this is all technically true. Read more…
Posted by Michael Pinto on May 13, 2009 in Comic Books
Nathan Lane will be an amazing Gomez Addams!The Addams Family is being turned into a Broadway musical and is slated to open in April 2010. In addition to Lane, Bebe Neuwirth will star as Morticia Addams. The Addams Family first started life as a cartoon in The New Yorker magazine in 1938 and was then turned into a hit TV show in the 60s. There have also been two films made in the 90s and even two animated TV series. Read more…
