Princess Bride the Musical!!!

[Sir Clinksalot]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/playbill/20050812/en_playbill/94526

 

If this happened I would so be there!!

 

Composer Adam Guettel and screenwriter William Goldman will collaborate on a musical version or the hit fairy tale film "The Princess Bride," the New York Post reported.

 

The 1987 Rob Reiner-directed movie fits the teasing description Guettel gave for his next project, while speaking backstage at the 2005 Tony Awards. While hesitant to specifically name his next musical due to "legal reasons," he did say it would have a "fairy tale" nature and would involve "a lot of swordfighting."

 

"The Princess Bride" delighted audiences with its mix of sincere medieval magic and mocking parody of the swashbuckling film genre. The flick starred Cary Elwes and Robin Wright as each other's true love, and Chris Sarandon as the evil prince who would keep them apart. The film also starred Mandy Patinkin as a swordsman out for vengeance, Christopher Guest as another baddie, Wallace Shawn and Andre the Giant as two unlikely compatriots, and Billy Crystal and Carol Kane as an ancient wizard and his wife.

 

The material would make for a decided shift to the lighthearted for Guettel, whose two previous musicals, Floyd Collins and The Light in the Piazza, both examine the darker and moodier sides of human nature.

 

Goldman is a famed screenwriter known for the films "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "All the President's Men" and "Marathon Man." He also wrote the classic examination of the Broadway world, "The Season."

[disneygurlz2s]

^I am with Gregg...this is one of our all time favorite movies!!

 

Shari "MMMawage....is what brwings us togeter....today. Wove....twu wove..."Shoufler

[4718]

Billy Crystal as Miracle Max was hilarious, "Get back, witch!" Wallace Shawn was also great as the Sicilian, especially the battle of wits with the Man in Black. The movie was corny in places and didn't quite follow the book, but is still great to see every few years.