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Dare to Be Stupid: The Weird Al Musical, a caller philharmonic featuring nan songs of Weird Al Yankovic, is being developed for nan Broadway stage, pinch Moulin Rouge! head Alex Timbers and writers Scott Brown and Anthony King (Gutenberg! The Musical!; Beetlejuice) attached. Tony Award-winning Seaview (Every Brilliant Thing, The Fear of 13) is connected committee to produce.
The philharmonic will characteristic songs from Yankovic’s four-decade song-parody catalog including “White & Nerdy” (a parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’”), “Amish Paradise” (a parody of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”), “Eat It” (a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”), “Smells Like Nirvana” (a parody of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”) and “Like a Surgeon” (a parody of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”).
“Ever since I was a middle-aged man, I’ve ever wanted to beryllium a portion of nan New York theatre community,” said Yankovic successful a statement. “Plus, nan 1 point group ever opportunity astir Broadway is that it’s ‘severely lacking successful Weird Al-based entertainment,’ and I deliberation this philharmonic should hole that problem immediately.”
“I first fell successful emotion pinch Al’s euphony pinch nan merchandise of Dare To Be Stupid and person remained an avid instrumentality ever since,” said Timbers. “Now, it’s a dream travel existent to activity pinch 1 of my drama heroes bringing an original communicative group to his beloved songbook to nan stage. What Al, Anthony, and Scott are creating is unexpected, subversive, meta, and hilarious and I can’t hold for nan world to acquisition it.”
“Dare To Be Stupid feels for illustration nan benignant of philharmonic that only comes astir erstwhile successful a while – wildly original, profoundly funny, and powered by nan unmistakable bosom that has made ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic a singular sound successful American culture,” said shaper Greg Nobile, CEO of Seaview. “Beneath nan absurdity and nan joy, is simply a show astir creativity, individuality, and nan state to beryllium unapologetically yourself. We couldn’t beryllium much thrilled to beryllium moving pinch Al, Alex, Scott and Anthony to bring Weird Al’s singular world to nan stage.”
Additional specifications for Dare to Be Stupid, including accumulation timeline and further imaginative team, will beryllium announced shortly.
