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All the World’s a Stage, and All the Batmen Merely Players


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?From the Hollywood Reporter:

A Batman stage show soon might be swooping to
a town near you.

Warner Bros. and DC Comics are in the early
stages of developing a tour, tentatively titled “Batman Live” and
starring the Caped Crusader, working with Nick Grace Management and
Water Lane Prods., companies behind the popular “Walking With Dinosaurs”
and “Mamma Mia!” touring shows.

The show is neither a musical nor
a Broadway-bound theatrical production but rather an elaborate arena
production aimed at kids and families.

Alan Burnett, a longtime animation veteran whose credits include
Batman and Superman television shows as well as such animated movies as
“Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” and “Green Lantern: First Flight,” is
writing the story and script. The logline is being kept under wraps, but
it’s known that the show will feature numerous villains.

I’ve seen plenty of nerd sites making fun of this thing, but I approve, and for two reasons: 1) it seems like those old cartoon-based “on ice” shows of my youth. I didn’t get to go to any, but it would have blown my little child ninja mind if I had, and I imagine a Batman-themed one would be just as exciting to kids nowadays. 2) As long as no one “turns off the dark”, there are no villains called “The Swiss Miss” and there’s no music by U2, it sounds like a winner to me. Thanks to everyone who sent this tip in.