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Bill Condon to Direct 'A Star Is Born' Onstage


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  The Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures musical project, based on the 1954 George Cukor film with Judy Garland and James Mason, is in early development, with a production timeline to be announced.

"Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."

Those famous words of loyal devotion, spoken to the world by Judy Garland in the 1954 screen classic A Star Is Born, will be heard in a new stage musical in the pipeline from Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.

Bill Condon has signed on to direct the stage project, which is in early development, with a production timeline to be announced soon. Condon's live-action update for Disney of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, hits movie theaters March 17 in what is expected to be a monster opening north of $100 million.

The developing stage show will include standards from the movie by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin, including "The Man That Got Away" and "Gotta Have Me Go With You."

Directed by George Cukor, the film was written by Moss Hart, adapted from the original screenplay and story of an earlier version, released in 1937. Garland starred as a young showgirl taken under the wing of a faded matinee idol, played by James Mason. They marry, but as she finds soaring fame as a singer and actress, his career continues to spiral downward due to age and alcoholism.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-condon-direct-a-star-is-born-stage-984686

 

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Panchecco

cool :lolly:

Spoiler

but I didn't read the whole thing so I thought he was going to direct Gaga and Bradley's movie :neyde:

 

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prince

But he's directing the stage musical? So Gagas going to star in the film which will be released around the same time as the stage musical? Interesting 

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prince
Just now, viniferrett said:

thank god I didn't want brad to direct it cause it would be a mess 

Pretty sure he still is. It says Bill Condon is directing the stage version, Brad is doing the film remake with Gaga

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Coop
Just now, viniferrett said:

thank god I didn't want brad to direct it cause it would be a mess 

gurl, read the article, this is about a stage musical :stalkga:

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viniferrett
5 minutes ago, princetomc said:

Pretty sure he still is. It says Bill Condon is directing the stage version, Brad is doing the film remake with Gaga

 

5 minutes ago, Coop said:

gurl, read the article, this is about a stage musical :stalkga:

:neyde:

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The Fame Joanne
6 minutes ago, Monsterious said:

oh good, cause bradly directing it alone would have been tragic

He is :poot:

the article is not about the movie 

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CannaeDrive

Hmmm if it's about the stage production, how is it Gaga related :oprah:

"Fame Is A Boomerang" - Maria Callas
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Steccazero

Guys what if she's going to write and produce the musical score also for the this stage adaptation? THat could make her win a Tony as well :giveup:

pls get into this ***uettery
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