Wednesday, January 4, 2012

THE THING WITH THE ESCAPE FROM THE PLACE THAT TIME: The long-gestating Broadway musical Houdini (which has been through several book writers, including Kurt Andersen, and several score writers, including Danny Elfman) allegedly is finally moving forward with Hugh Jackman (who's been attached for quite some time) as Houdini, a new score from Stephen Schwartz (his first since Wicked, and somewhat surprisingly, he doesn't have a Tony--Wicked lost to Avenue Q, Pippin lost to A Little Night Music, and Godspell lost to Annie), and a book from Aaron Sorkin (looking to leave himself with only a Grammy to go EGOT).