Spidey-Fans, make sure you’re up Friday morning for a chance to sneak a peek at the upcoming Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Good Morning America. The musical, which is rumored to be one of the priciest to swing into the Foxwoods Theatre, opens November 15. Lucky for all us musical theater geeks,…
While we often have features here on what webcomics you should be reading, what movies you should be looking forward to, what DVDs you should buy…there hasn’t been much here in the way of audio enjoyment. I am to change that with a feature I’m aptly titling “Music You Should Be Listening To”. Now, what…
We here at ComicMix would like to remind people, in the age of talks of Christopher Nolan consulting on the Superman movie franchise (with David S. Goyer rumored to have a script called The Man Of Steel) that Superman Returns wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. As a point of reference, we…
It all started with One More Day, if you ask me. The big Spider-Man event of 2007 was supposed to come out in August on a weekly schedule, but problems behind the scenes delayed the series so much that the final installment came out in the last week of the year. (And boyoboy, aren’t we…
Here’s a fun find– the Hockinson High School Drama Club presenting a live adaptation of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. What do you think?
Above: Zoorasian Brass, from Yokohama, Japan, with musicians in animal suits. Now compare to the right: Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle’s Whodunnit? comic, with Noah Zark, a rock band on the cover– musicians in animal suits. Came out in 1986 from Eclipse. Dear heavens– that’s so long ago I think this means Mark Evanier invented…
Kristen Bell may be about to learn how the extreme always seems to make an impression– by possibly starring in the musical adaptation of the darkly beloved 1988 cult classic Heathers, according to Eonline. Kevin Murphy and Andy Fickman, part of the team behind the stage and teleplay edition of Reefer Madness is manning the…
We already talked about Star Wars: The Musical — now we have the kick line. Insert obligatory "I’ve got a bad feeling about this" here.
A new Sinbad movie is in development at Sony with Adam Shankman (Hairspray) set to direct, according to Variety. Neal Moritz will produce the fantasy adventure telling of “Sinbad and his crew, who are marooned off the coast of China and embark on a quest to find the lamp of Aladdin.” Sinbad is a legendary…
Evan Rachel Wood, one of the most respected young actresses today, will make her Broadway debut as Mary Jane Watson in Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man musical. In an exclusive report at IESB, Wood confirmed she will portray the model with rehearsals beginning in June 2009. Ironically, Evan lost out to Kirsten Dunst, who plays MJ in…
Marco Pennette (Samantha Who?) is at work on the book for a stage musical based on Hanna-Barbera’s classic Flintstones. According to Variety, the musical has been conceived by Warner Bros. Theater Ventures. Jeff Marx (Avenue Q) is writing the music and lyrics with Jake Anthony. Gary Griffin (The Color Purple) will direct with no casting…
Charles Addams’ immortal family of kooks will be singing and dancing in the Windy City come late 2009. The performances for the yet-to-be-cast musical will begin November 13, 2009 at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre according to The Chicago Tribune. The formal opening date is expected to be a few weeks later in early December. When The…
