This Week in WTF: "King of Comedy", the Musical
Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:00AM Dancin' Dan popping in for a weekend dose of WTF.
There's no sense in burying the lede: Composer Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and writer Chris D'Arienzo (Rock of Ages) are on board to make a musical out of Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy.
My head is spinning. This has to be the weirdest screen-to-stage transfer ever. Even American Psycho made slightly more sense, since music was so important to that film. While it's true that King of Comedy has only proven more and more timely as the years have gone on, it still doesn't scream "MAKE ME A MUSICAL!!!" the way some films do. And the team of Trask and D'Arienzo could not be more mismatched on paper: The man behind the music of Hedwig, one of the most unique musicals ever written, and the man behind the words of one of the weaker jukebox musicals in recent memory (at least book-wise) working on one of the darkest satires of modern culture? Weird. Weirder. Weirdest.
Knowing not what to make of this news, we drift to a future pressing question: WHO WOULD THEY EVEN CAST? I can personally see the great Alan Cumming in either the DeNiro or Lewis roles, but there isn't a single person I can think of who I'd want to see in the Sandra Bernhard role. What other triple threat (you know she's gonna have at least one big dance number) has that acidic, caustic sense of humor? Who would even want to step into those shoes?
Are you amply confused by this announcement, too? Who would you cast as the leads?
Reader Comments (35)
I vote for Sandra Bernhard in the Sandra Bernhard role.
Oh, and make the musical all about her character while they're at it.
and the tony for best featured actress in a musical goes to sandra bernhard
[even if she doesn't play the role, she's owed for that oscar nomination she didn't get]
Sandra Bernhard for sure. She killed in the Masha role the first time, and can act and sing (and dance?), so bring her back for another go-around. I personally would buy a ticket for her alone..
Bernhard should totally still do it.
But if we're talking current theater talent, I could totally see Lindsay Mendez or Annaleigh Ashford for this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv3xe3QDHXo
I don't know if she can sing, but Judy Greer would kill in the Sandra role. And this is a VERY weird musical idea. But they did make a musical out of Carrie...I think that's the standard for biizarro musicals.Love this film. Jerry Lewis should have gotten a supporting nom. Brilliant work.
brookesboy: I was almost about to say that they made an Evil Dead musical, but, though still a weird idea, at least that became a kind of comedy series after it's first entry.
Volvagia, very true! Maybe they should make a musical of The Exorcist. If Julie Andrews could still sing, she would be a perfect Chris MacNeil. And Matthew Morrison could play Father Karras LOL. Ariel Winter from Modern Family could be Regan.
I personally think The King of Comedy is Scorsese's best movie (and DeNiro's best performance) of all I've seen from him (still though some are missing).
I just don't know what to feel about this turning into a musical. I STILL don't know what to feel about an already established Bridges of Madison Country musical tbh.
It might be nice/entertaining, but I just don't see any sense....
brookesboy: Why not Matthew Morrison as the voice of Pazuzu? After all, his character on Glee did sing Blurred Lines to minors. If that doesn't make him pure evil, I don't know what does.
Volvagia, did he really do that? OMG, Glee really did go off the rails, right LOL
When I glanced at the poster before reading any of the words, I thought that was a picture of Omar Sharif !
I do know it was a great film. Terribly under-rated.
When in doubt, think Parker Posey.
Ooooh, Santy. great idea. Perhaps there is one other person besides Sandra who could play it.
i think Kate Rockwell would play Masha.
Sandra Bernhard for sure...
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