Member daisho2004 Posted May 23, 2008 Member Share Posted May 23, 2008 "Bruce Lee: The Musical" Yes its true I read this article in the NY Daily News on Tuesday, coming to Broadway NYC in 2010 is "Bruce Lee: The Musical" it is going to be a Martial Arts show, Chinese Opera all rolled into one about his life. This should be a very interesting show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kungfusamurai Posted May 25, 2008 Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 That sounds totally messed up. Bruce Lee would give the whole production a roundhouse kick to the groin if he were alive. I wonder if the cast will be made up of Filipinos, like Miss Saigon was. KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Monk Sante Posted May 25, 2008 Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 So Funny! I can see it now............You've offended my Faaaammmilllyy, and you offended the shaoooolin temple. (hahaha) what's next?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Black Dragon Posted May 25, 2008 Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 Why, just why?. Did Linda and Shannon (I saw Enter The Eagle) need money that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cesare Posted May 25, 2008 Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 I am a great fan of postmodernism - but this doesn't seem quite right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted May 25, 2008 Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 Poor Bruce, he's probably spinning in his grave knowing they have turned his life story into some kind of sissy musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member oldeschool17 Posted May 25, 2008 Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 this will suck hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Member Share Posted May 26, 2008 I was doing a search for the hell of it and its all over the Web just type in "Bruce Lee: The Musical" and a whole lot of buzz is swarming around this Play. ps: And you thought I was on Drugs Right...LOL Here is one such article: Well, Why Not? 'Bruce Lee: The Musical' Coming to Broadway Posted May 22nd 2008 11:32AM by Eric D. Snider Filed under: Foreign Language, Music & Musicals, Fandom I can't say this is absolutely the strangest idea for a musical that I've heard of -- not since someone did a pop opera about Jerry Springer -- but it's high on the list. David Henry Hwang is writing the script for a Broadway musical based on the life of martial-arts film icon Bruce Lee. Currently being called Bruce Lee: Journey to the West, the show is scheduled to make its New York debut sometime in the 2010-2011 theater season. According to Variety, the show will incorporate Lee's biography with elements from the Monkey King story of Chinese mythology. BBC News adds that the musical will include martial arts, Chinese opera, modern dance, and pop music. So, yeah, it gets weirder the more I hear about it. (That same BBC News article mentions someone is writing a musical about Nelson Mandela, too, by the way.) The songs for Hwang's script are being written by David Yazbek, who is no stranger to movie-related Broadway shows. He also wrote the tunes for the stage versions of The Fully Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, earning Tony nominations for both. Bruce Lee died in 1973 of a swelling of the brain, though conspiracy theories about his sudden passing have abounded ever since. How the Monkey King and modern dance fits in to all that, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cesare Posted May 26, 2008 Member Share Posted May 26, 2008 It still doesn't seem right but it's beginning to seem like a hell of fun... (*evil grin*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CatNap Posted June 1, 2008 Member Share Posted June 1, 2008 That sounds totally messed up. Bruce Lee would give the whole production a roundhouse kick to the groin if he were alive. I wonder if the cast will be made up of Filipinos, like Miss Saigon was. KFS I agree, it doesn't help that most Broadway actors are gay and couldn't possibly do his life story justice. I'd seriously doubt the Lees are behind this but they'll make money only because it's using the Lee name and Bruce's image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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