This MAKES YOU WANT TO SCREAM!
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Itīs just obvious that other musicians, bands, producers etc... need only half the time to get something really great out. :-( With full orchestra if needed.
> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118027134
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> Dark Knight hits the road
> WB to launch 'Batman Live' arena tour
> By Gordon Cox
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> Warner Bros. will launch a Batman arena tour, "Batman
> Live," kicking off next year in the U.K. and Europe ahead
> of a North American stint planned for 2012.
> WB Consumer Products, DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of
> Water Lane Prods. -- general manager of arena tours
> including "Walking with Dinosaurs" -- produce the show,
> which kicks off in Manchester July 20.
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> Production aims to cater to a broad age demographic with a
> new Batman tale that incorporates stunts, pyro effects and
> video. Cast of characters will include all the familiar
> heroes and villains.
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> Live entertainment has long been on the radar for the
> Batman property. A stage musical with music by Jim
> Steinman was much-discussed in the legit world but never
> got off the ground following a 1999 announcement.
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> Creative team for "Batman Live" combines legit vets with
> arena-tour specialists. Legiter Anthony van Laast,
> choreographer of "Mamma Mia!" and "Sister Act, has been
> tapped as creative director with co-director James Powell.
> No writer is credited.
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> Those coming from the arena and concert world include
> composer James Brett, who penned the score for "Walking
> with Dinosaurs," and set designer Es Devlin, whose resume
> includes concerts for Lady Gaga and Kanye West. A circus
> arts company, the Circus Space, is on board for the
> stuntwork the show will incorporate.
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> Launch sked has the show playing in the U.K. regions, in
> Ireland and in London (Aug. 24-Sept. 4), with dates
> skedded through early October 2011. Europe and U.S. dates
> and stops remain to be nailed down.
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