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If it doesn't feature a naked Christian Bale on Broadway (live, with the nakedness) then I'm not bothering. And this is coming from someone who's seen 6 Broadway musicals.

And one of them was Cats. (In my defense, I was 10)

It's gotta be a snuff play. Play it up as the dawning of a new age in courageously taking art to the next level.

The first nudity in a Broadway play . . . the first full frontal male nudity in a Broadway play . . . the first actual penetration in a Broadway play . . . and now . . . the first actual murder in a Broadway play! Be there on opening night because there will only be understudies left for the second night.

When did Biggie become a slender European man?

Will it be based on the book or the flick? If you haven't read the book, the flick is seriously watered down. Like whoa.

That being said, Christian could EASILY star in this. Remember Newsies, people? He can sing AND dance. And thus why 1992 began my deep seeded love and full-fledgedborderline obsession of Christian Bale.
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Try selling the "Broadway rapes Hollywood because its bereft of ideas" argument with bad shows next time. The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels worked as entertaining musicals and nice showcases for some talented actors. They won awards and were received with good to great reviews. Evil Dead did what it set out to do and had a nice Off-Broadway run considering how little the NYC area cares for horror musicals (Phantom excluded, obviously).

The argument might have worked if you focused on how awful jukebox musicals can be: LoveMusik, All Shook Up, Good Vibrations, etc. But then you claim blood and Genesis covers would make a good show.

Here are some truly awful Hollywood adaptations to bitch about next time you mock stage musicals: The Little Mermaid, Cry Baby, Tarzan, and The Wedding Singer. That's a good start. I'll even accept "Who the fuck decided to adapt Carrie, cast it with 50 year old high school students, and give Debbie Allen free reign to choreograph it?" as legitimate bad adaptation criticism.

What was your point? American Psycho on Broadway? Can't possibly work. Norbert Leo Butz will be cast as Patrick Bateman and smug his awkward way across the stage, winking at the audience the whole time. Sutton Foster will Tony beg again by playing every other character in the show, including a one-woman tap number seen by the audience as a full chorus line with the use of mirrors and puppets. And some poor NYU students will be forced to wear sandwich boards and hand out fans to tourists in Times Square, begging for death with a single glance from their eyes as they question why Tisch was ever thought to be a good idea.

That, and jukebox musicals tend to suck donkey balls.

The Full Monty musical has one good song. "Bigass Rock." Otherwise, fuck it.

Robert totally wins this thread.

Also, judging by the PajibaMap, he lives either on or under the railroad tracks I grew up near. Are you the bridge troll my parents warned me about? (Trestles are bridges too, you know.)

"Remember Newsies, people?"

Ummmm, No.

Firstly, Lindsey, just pretend. Because if you actually saw it and don't remember, something is seriously wrong inside your head.

His singing was okay in Newsies....but the dancing? Really? Do you remember Santa Fe...half of it were shots of "his" (stand ins) feet only.

If there's no hot naked prostitute-on-yuppie-on-prostitute action, I won't be seeing this. Also, the shoes are crocodile loafers by A. Testoni.

Oh, and Evil Dead didn't suck. Well, it did, but it realized that it did and ran with it. Unlike Legally Blonde and the Wedding Singer.