Michael Jackson Broadway show put on hold
Plans for a Broadway musical based on Michael Jackson’s Thriller album have been put on hold following the singer’s sudden death.
The New York-based Nederlander organisation announced in January it had acquired the stage rights to the 14-minute 1982 video that accompanied the disc.
It hoped to create a stage show of the film – shot by The Blues Brothers director John Landis.
Producer Jimmy Nederlander said: “Everything’s ready to go, [but] we’re going to have to see where the future lies for everything. Right now, we’re grieving the loss of Michael.”
Another spokesman for the organisation said: “We just don’t know what’s going to happen.
“We may know more in the next week or two.”
It has been claimed that Jacko’s death in Los Angeles last Thursday may have complicated the question of rights to the properties.
The Nederlander show was reportedly to have combined songs from both Thriller and another Jackson album Off the Wall.
Jackson himself was said to have been keen to be involved in the project.
A second Michael Jackson stage vehicle, a tribute show called Thriller Live, is currently running in London’s West End and in Manchester.
Source: Splash News
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