Michael Jackson's Thriller: The Broadway Musical?!

012609mj.jpg Music from Michael Jackson's smash-hit Thriller album will become the basis for a Broadway musical, and the Gloved One is to oversee "every aspect of the creative process," E online reports. Producer James L. Nederlander has acquired the rights to stage an adaptation of Jackson's "Thriller" video, and the show will include songs from the eponymous album, as well as tracks from Off the Wall. Nederlander tells the Associated Press, ''I love the idea of making 'Thriller' a musical. Girl meets boy, they fall in love, boy has big secret, now what?'' Charge through the nose for tickets and merch? Playwright Matthew Freeman has set up an official "joke thread" on his blog, and the first of many catty quips has been left in the comments: "I think the review for Thriller can be two words long: Beat It."

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this is exactly why broadway is dying. why would anyone want to see that?

Guaranteed, if you take your young boys to see this, they will be touched.

this will be very successful

This would be more rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Although, I did enjoy Titanic: The Musical when it was on Broadway.

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