THE TOWN WHERE NO ONE LOVES A GOOD JAZZ SQUARE: As part of the ongoing quest to extract every ounce of mileage from the phenomenon that is High School Musical, HSM auteur Kenny Ortega will be directing a musical-remake-of-sorts of the classic 1984 film Footloose (which, incidentally, provided pretty much the whole soundtrack for my bat mitzvah), starring HSM tweenie heartthrob Zac Efron as the city boy who taught an entire small town to dance.
It's not clear whether the music will come from the Broadway version of Footloose, or whether Zac will be doing his best Kenny Loggins impersonation, or -- most likely? -- whether the HSM scribes will churn out some new toe-tappy tunes specially for the occasion. (Although they could probably drop "Stick to the Status Quo" right into the middle of Footloose, at a nice non-denominational revival meeting somewhere.)
I'm reserving judgement on Efron as Ren until I see Hairspray, although my initial impulse is that he's missing a little bit of appropriate edginess for the role. But here's the more pressing question: how quickly do we expect Ashley Tinsdale to sign on for the Lori Singer role? The over/under is currently set at 3 days.
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