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Kinky! Strange!
By Alison Willmore on 07/08/2008
Filed under: Stage"Kinky Boots," Julian Jarrold's comedy about how a sassy but soft-hearted (sigh) drag queen, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, saves a struggling, stodgy shoe company (sigh) by teaching them to make footwear for cross-dressers, is the latest film set to become a Broadway musical. From the Hollywood Reporter: The British comedy and 2006 Miramax release has been acquired for the stage by veteran Broadway producers Daryl Roth ("August: Osage County") and Hal Luftig ("Movin' Out"), who aim to turn it into a Broadway musical. Jerry Mitchell, who directed the Broadway adaptation of "Legally Blonde," is in talks to direct the stage... MORE »
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"Brokeback Mountain" becoming an opera.
By Alison Willmore on 06/09/2008
Filed under: StageFrom BBC News: Brokeback Mountain, the story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for an Oscar-winning film, is to be made into an opera. The New York City Opera has commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on the 1997 short story. The opera is scheduled to premiere in spring 2013, the company said. Upcoming operas adapted from films: "The Fly," based on David Cronenberg's 1986 film, is set to have its world premiere in Paris on July 2nd. Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" is, fascinatingly, being adapted by composer Giorgio Battistelli to become part of the 2011... MORE »
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