Just as the hype surrounding the potential "Mean Girls" musical was beginning to die down, the king of musical theater, Andrew Lloyd Webber, has announced a Hollywood-inspired theater project to rival them all. According to The Guardian, the Tony Award winning composer told CBC Radio that he has acquired to the rights to Jack Black's comedy, "School of Rock," and has plans of adapting the quirky, battle of the bands saga for the stage.
Lloyd Webber, or "The Lord" as many UK fans know him, told radio host Jian Ghomeshi that he's "very excited" about turning the story of Dewey Finn, a broke-musician-turned-affable-school-teacher, into a full-fledged musical.
"There may be songs for me in it, but it's obviously got songs in it as it stands," Lloyd Webber explained, referring to the movie's classic rock-inspired soundtrack.
Of course, the possible Broadway adaptation raises the question: Who could possibly replace Black in the leading role? We can only wait and hope that the Tenacious D frontman will be involved in the production in some way.
The "School of Rock" project is a departure from Lloyd Webber's last work, a musical based on the life of UK physician and artist, Stephen Ward, the man who took the fall for the Profumo scandal of the 1960s.
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