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Scaramouche 09:43 pm UTC 01/02/08 |
| In reply to: | Playbill: Steinman Adapting "Bat Out of Hell" for London Stage - Jacqueline 07:05 pm UTC 01/02/08 |
| Must be a slow news day at Playbill, as they could've written most of this article about a year ago. However, it is getting news 'out there', in addition to Jim's blog. > http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113907.html > > Steinman Adapting "Bat Out of Hell" for London Stage > By Adam Hetrick > 02 Jan 2008 > > > Jim Steinman, the Meatloaf hit-maker who penned lyrics for > Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind and the score > to Dance of the Vampires, is currently at work on a > London-bound musical based on the best-selling "Bat Out of > Hell" albums. > > Steinman states on his blog that the musical, titled Bat > Out of Hell, will be based on the songs from the > three-album cycle. Described as a Cirque du Soleil-type > spectacle, Steinman has penned music and lyrics. > Playwright Stephen Clarke (Stripped) has signed on to > collaborate with Steinman on the musical's book. > > Elva Corrie and Frances Perry will produce the musical > venture, which Steinman states is aiming for a late 2008 > or early 2009 West End bow. Steinman describes the > production as incorporating 3D visuals, the discipline of > parkour, motorcycles, massive dance numbers and > gymnastics. Funding and artistic involvement from > Sony/BMG, Warner Brothers and Industrial Light and Magic > (in their first stage venture) could also be in the works, > according to Steinman. > > Jim Steinman began his career in musical theatre with the > musical The Dream Engine, penned while he was attending > college at Amherst. Other short-lived musicals include Das > Rheingold, More Than You Deserve and Neverland. Three > songs from Neverland – "Bat out of Hell", "Heaven Can > Wait" and "The Formation of the Pack," retitled "All > Revved Up With No Place to Go" – ultimately became the > beginnings of the album "Bat Out of Hell." Steinman, well > known for his collaboration with Meatloaf, penned the hits > "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "Making Love out of Nothing > at All," "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" > and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." > > | |
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