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Andrew Green
03-20-2006, 05:11 PM
A new musical based on the life of Bruce Lee--possibly featuring the songs of rock titan David Bowie--is headed for Broadway.

According to Variety, the musical would be based on the life story of the iconic martial artist and movie star, who starred in classic kung fu films such as Enter the Dragon before dying tragically young in 1973 at the age of 32. Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang (the upcoming Tarzan, M. Butterfly, Flower Drum Song revival) has been tapped to write the book of the musical, which is under development by the Chicago-based Elephant Eye Theatricals and is projected to leap onto Broadway around 2008.

http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8337
Xue Sheng
03-20-2006, 05:46 PM
Please tell me this is not real and it is all a cruel hoax

Ziggy Stardust and Bruce Lee!?!?!?!?
Andrew Green
03-20-2006, 06:05 PM
Nope, this is no hoax by the looks of things.

(Although I agree it sounds like it should be )
Xue Sheng
03-20-2006, 06:16 PM
I fear the following. when it comes to Bowie sings Bruce

There's a brand new art
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
It's big and it's bad
Full of tension and fear
They do it over there but we don't do it here

(CHORUS)
JKD! Turn to the left
JKD! Turn to the right
Oooh, JKD!
We are the goon squad
And we're coming to town
Beep-beep
Beep-beep

Listen to me - don't listen to me
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Fight with me - don't fight with me, no
Beep-beep

And I am really not proud of the fact that I know the lyrics to David Bowie’s song Fashion either.
SFC JeffJ
03-23-2006, 12:01 PM
Jeesh!! Don't know whether to laugh, cry, or vomit.

But then again, I'm waiting for Apocolypse Now the musical.
MA-Caver
03-23-2006, 01:41 PM
Hell they made a musical about Floyd Collins, a guy who was trapped and died while in a cave... why not about Lee.

He might find the whole idea hilarious... but... I doubt it.

Geez... why not next "Chuck Norris: The musical? "
SFC JeffJ
03-23-2006, 02:03 PM
Hell they made a musical about Floyd Collins, a guy who was trapped and died while in a cave... why not about Lee.

He might find the whole idea hilarious... but... I doubt it.

Geez... why not next "Chuck Norris: The musical? "


As long as they don't get Chuck to do the singing!!!
Xue Sheng
03-23-2006, 02:13 PM
As long as they don't get Chuck to do the singing!!!

Chuck wouldn't have to sing....he would just walk out on stage and everybody better start clapping.


I was actually more afraid of Rocky 22 the musical, but that was before this Bruce thing appeared.