The death of Robin Williams devastated the world late last year. It was a news story that many could not believe or indeed want to believe. He was gone. A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB may have been his final performance on screen, save a vocal part in the Simon Pegg starrer ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, but his film legacy is still alive, even if Hollywood is intent on keeping it so by rehashing some of his old work. This is a little different however as news reaches us today that plans are afoot to bring one of his most beloved movies to the stage.
MRS. DOUBTFIRE was probably one of Williams’ finest movies, and probably one of the best comedies of the 1990s. Now Alan Menken and Harvey Fierstein are said to be behind a stage version of the film, according to EW.
“It’s going very well, it’s in its early stages, and that’s probably all I can say. We’re really enjoying working on it,” Menken told the site.
Alan Menken is the absolute genius behind the music in the Disney films THE LITTLE MERMAID, ALADDIN and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (amongst many, many others) as well as the 1982 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS movie. Feel better about the plans now?
The Mrs. Doubtfire stage musical is part of the deal which 20th Century Fox established with Broadway producer Kevin McCollum a couple years ago. The deal revolved around turning many of its movies into musicals for the Broadway (and hopefully West End) stage.
That in mind, we have some other suggestions Mr. McCollum. These are all Fox properties.
I am deadly serious about that last one. It would work, right?
No news as to when the musical version of Mrs. Doubtfire will arrive, but we’ll keep you posted.
Source: EW
