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The Decemberists, The Musical, Could Happen

201012_decembristsalbumcover.jpg Are the Decemberists coming to Broadway? Maybe! In a recent Billboard interview vocalist/guitarist Colin Meloy discussed the prospect and pointed out that he grew up doing theater. Further, “it happens that the director Michael Mayer, who directed Green Day’s American Idiot musical on Broadway, is the guy that got me going about doing a musical...We’re still talking and there’s potential for a musical down the line, for sure.” Okay, we're not going to hold our breath then, but still—that'd be fun. And while we're thinking about bands making musicals, we wonder what ever happened to the planned Aaron Sorkin-scripted musical of the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots... [via Stereogum]

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  • breakthings

    Christ, they'll put anything on Broadway these days...

  • John Del Signore

    Christ, they'll make negative comments about anything these days...

  • breakthings

    what else am I supposed to do on the internet?

  • robingee

    Yeah, with their amazing lyrics and songwriting, The Decemberists are just TERRIBLE! Ptooie!

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