🎭 ⭐ The Popstar to Musical theatre writer Pipeline 🎤👩🎤
The announcement of a new musical adaptation of Clueless, featuring music by KT Tunstall, got me thinking... Do I like it when popstars take on musical theatre projects? In this video I take a closer look at famous examples of this pipeline and analyse why some shows become instant classics and others crash and burn. From the award winning “Waitress" to the health and safety nightmare that was “Spiderman: turn off the dark”, let's look at how this trend effects the musical theatre landscape as a whole.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:35 History
02:53 Medium vs Genre
04:27 Sara Bareilles writing Waitress
06:17 Dolly Parton writing 9 to 5
07:38 Elton John becoming a musical theatre God
09:26 Bono & The Edge writing Spiderman: turn off the dark
10:40 Paul Simon writing The Capeman
11:40 Florence Welch writing Gatsby: an American myth
12:32 Star casting
14:51 How this trend affects the musical theatre landscape as a whole
16:07 Musical theatre gets underestimated. A lot. (Wonka)
18:39 Conclusion
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