It looks like they’re giving it another go, but this time with Disney behind it. That will probably make it it bit more likely to happen.
How’s Mandy Patinkin doing these days?
Hi! This is my first post. I am looking for the 6 fingered man who killed my father!.. would love to see this on stage.
I love this idea! It’s got all the makings of a great stage production…Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.
A Broadway production of the Princess Bride? Inconceivable!
It’s not going to be a kissing play, is it?
One day you might not mind so much. 
Get used to disappointment.
Stop this rhyming now! I mean it!
Anybody want a peanut?
“So, listen up, the King is a Fink,
I’m talkin’ about that rat Humperdinck!
Get it in gear and give him a hassle:
Oh, and have fun storming the castle!”
Heh. Nice.
Gotta say that I’m not thrilled. Another Disney/Broadway grab for cash, relying on people’s love of another work of art to provide enough excitement to put the production in the black.
Yes, I can’t wait to pay money to see actors mimicking the beloved performances of Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, etc etc etc.
You may want to re-think building an immunity to iocaine powder.
I am the brute squad!
Well, would you have said the same if the proposed Adam Guettel musical had gone through?
(I was disappointed it didn’t. Adam Guettel is a good composer–the grandson of Richard Rodgers–and it bugged me that William Goldman suddenly decided to be a prick about royalties.)
There’s an element in the musical theater community that gripes about movie-to-musical adaptations, but really, is it necessarily bad? Probably at least 90 percent of musicals are adaptations of another source anyway, so is it necessarily any worse to adapt a movie than it is a book or a play? After all, A Little Night Music and Little Shop of Horrors started out as non-musical movies.
Seems to me that movie/musical adaptations have just as much a chance of being good or bad as adaptations of any other source. What little bit of Elf I heard on the Macy’s parade left me utterly cold, but the score of A Christmas Story is excellent and the CD was probably my favorite present out of last year’s batch.
(And that’s leaving out the idea that they might depend on the book as much as the movie for inspiration, as the stage version of Mary Poppins did.)
Anyway, I look forward to this if it’s a musical, as long as the score’s good!
I think you left out the ROUs.
As they wish.
If they were making another film version of the book, the outrage would be deafening. Make it an elite stage play with some upbeat songs and make the show ultra-exclusive (will only play in a few cities with, no doubt, skyhigh ticket prices to keep out the riffraff), and people fall all over themselves praising the idea. Not everyone, but still.
Not so much a criticism, just an observation.
I don’t think they exist.
I think this should only be allowed if the Broadway producers are compelled to set aside money to re-record the music score of the movie and release a new special edition with a proper orchestral score, rather than the mega-cheesy synth strings of the original.
I hope the production team do it left handed. If they do it with their right hand, is over too quick.