WEIRD AL YANKOVIC Getting His Own Broadway Musical With MOULIN ROUGE! and BEETLEJUICE Creatives on Board

Dare to Be Stupid: The Weird Al Musical is headed our way! The new musical featuring the songs of Weird Al Yankovic is being developed for the Broadway stage, with Moulin Rouge! director Alex Timbers and writers Scott Brown and Anthony King (Gutenberg! The Musical!; Beetlejuice) attached. Tony Award-winning Seaview (Every Brilliant Thing, The Fear of 13) is on board to produce.

The musical will feature songs from Yankovic’s four-decade song-parody catalog including “White & Nerdy” (a parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’”), “Amish Paradise” (a parody of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”), “Eat It” (a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”), “Smells Like Nirvana” (a parody of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”) and “Like a Surgeon” (a parody of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”).

Yankovic made a statement on the project, stating: “Ever since I was a middle-aged man, I’ve always wanted to be a part of the New York theatre community. Plus, the one thing people always say about Broadway is that it’s ‘severely lacking in Weird Al-based entertainment,’ and I think this musical should fix that problem immediately.”

“I first fell in love with Al’s music with the release of Dare To Be Stupid and have remained an avid fan ever since,” said Timbers.

“Now, it’s a dream come true to work with one of my comedy heroes bringing an original story set to his beloved songbook to the stage. What Al, Anthony, and Scott are creating is unexpected, subversive, meta, and hilarious and I can’t wait for the world to experience it.”

“Dare To Be Stupid feels like the kind of musical that only comes around once in a while – wildly original, deeply funny, and powered by the unmistakable heart that has made ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic a singular voice in American culture,” said producer Greg Nobile, CEO of Seaview.

“Beneath the absurdity and the joy, is a show about creativity, individuality, and the freedom to be unapologetically yourself. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with Al, Alex, Scott and Anthony to bring Weird Al’s singular world to the stage.”

Additional details for Dare to Be Stupid, including production timeline and additional creative team, will be announced soon. I am really looking forward to this long-overdue show! I am a lifelong fan of Weird Al, and I think this will be a blast to watch.

via: Deadline