This is interesting. Writer-director Adam McKay and Funny Or Die productions have teamed up with Archie Comics' Jon Goldwater and Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa to craft an
Archie-themed Broadway musical:
McKay will write the book for the show, with a creative team and timing for a New York run to be announced at a later date. Funny Or Die will serve as a presenting partner. Goldwater and Aguirre-Sacasa will oversee for Archie Comics. The partnership was packaged by Triptyk Studios’ (An American In Paris) Tara Smith, B. Swibel and Adam Westbrook, who will oversee development...
“Archie represents a bygone era of America,” McKay — longtime partner with Ferrell and ex-Saturday Night Live head writer — said in announcing the deal. “And like all bygone eras, there are elements we miss and elements that should be bygone. This will be a musical that deals with both those realities in a bright, colorful and slightly demented way.”
I love Broadway musicals, but I live in Iowa. Which means that I'm dependent on traveling productions of famous programs -- if they come to Iowa City and if I'm not swamped with work. But I definitely would make the effort to watch
Archie the Musical!
