About friggin' time!

[thedarksiren2]

Broadway Putting Up 'Wall'

By Ian Mohr

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is coming to the Great White Way.

Miramax Films has pacted with former Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola to develop and produce a Broadway musical based on the seminal rock opera.

Roger Waters (news), who co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 and conceived the semi-autobiographical 1979 concept double album, will write the Broadway show's book and arrange and orchestrate music for the stage production.


The album, which includes such Pink Floyd hits as "Another Brick in the Wall," "Comfortably Numb" and "Hey You," follows the journey of disillusioned rock star Pink, who looks back at the experiences that forged his neuroses. Like Pink, Waters lost his father in World War II.

Waters, who acrimoniously left Pink Floyd in the 1980s, sold the stage rights to the project to Miramax and Mottola, who runs his own Universal Music-based label, Casablanca Records.

Pink Floyd's "Wall" album, which is certified 23 times platinum and sits in third place on the list of best-selling albums ever, was adapted into a 1982 film released by MGM and starring Bob Geldof (news). Alan Parker ("The Commitments") directed the "Wall" feature from a script by Waters.

Pink Floyd's theatrical live performances of "The Wall" became the stuff of rock legend, and an $8 million production was staged in Berlin in 1990, coinciding with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Said Waters of the planned Broadway show, "Now I can write in some laughs, notable by their absence in the movie."

I wonder what took 'em so long?
Moreover, I wonder if they need a mezzo...*grins*

Comments

[bigjohnsinging.livejournal.com]

hi kiddo. a question. why didn't you try out for american idol? i'll bet you would've gotten through to the final cleveland audition with simon and the rest. i think you could've gone all the way, but however far you got, the exposure could have done you some good.

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

A. Because I am too old to audition.
B. Because, in as much as I'd love the exposure, I'd like to get that from honest, hard work. The idea of going through such a trite venue as American Idol - a show I like watching (when I actually ever do watch television), but that, overall, I do not agree with (I hate all reality shows for a number of reasons).

Meh...maybe I'll do a post on this. Keep yer eyes peeled!

[jjjiii]

guppy approves of eschewing American Idol.

[tete6871.livejournal.com]

I have ur sweater (at least I hope it is your sweater, there were 2 of them in the closet) ... as I'm avoiding the human race, zzahn said he would take it to capsule tonight to give to you!

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

Aww! Coolness! Thank you.

Any particular reason you're playing hermit-mode, or just kinda fell into it?

[tete6871.livejournal.com]

ooohhh too many reasons to type on lj! your observation of me at Chammps was accurate...

have fun! and hope this is ur sweater!!!

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

*nods*

If you ever want to get coffee and need to vent, lemme know. I realize you don't know me very well, but I am a great listener, and promise I won't judge or try to fix anything unless you gimme the tools and tell me, "Have at it!"

(((HUGZ!)))

Hope things get better. Thank you again...I cannot tell you how much appreciate your thoughtfulness.

[tete6871.livejournal.com]

lets get coffee sometime...thanks for offer of listening but lets just have coffee and get to know each other better, you're such an awesome amazing person and inspire me to try and be a better person. THAT you can fix about me!!