History AndTheFandomRejoiced / Theatre

* Too bad the ''Manga/DeathNote'' musical didn't do well in its New York test run, the demos are great and now us American fans will never—wait, [[http://en.yibada.com/articles/187521/20170119/death-note-musical-set-to-debut-in-america.htm it's coming to America?!]] ''HECK YES!''

* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'' being revived on Broadway in 2016 has fans glowing.

** The history-of-film inspired show ''[=IRIS=]'' (also 2011) made waves with the announcement that DannyElfman would be writing its score.
* A [[{{RENT}} modern version of ''La Boheme'']]? Set in new York? Hm... dunno what to make about it... what, it starred Idina F*ing Menzel in its premier?! AND in the movie? And the movie has Rosario Dawson? Ok, maybe I could take a - OMG OMG OMG, IT'S AWESOME!

* A revival of Theatre/SpringAwakening? Such an old hat of a show, and based on a 19th-century play to b- WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS INCORPORATED IN THE SHOW?!?! WITH SPRING AWAKENING ALUMS RETURNING, ACTUAL DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE IN THE CAST, AND THE FIRST ACTRESS ON BROADWAY IN A WHEELCHAIR?!?

* When the ''{{Theatre/Hamilton}}'' cast recording became available to stream on NPR, you could hear the fandom squeeing all around the world. No, really--the #Hamiltunes hashtag was trending on Twitter by the end of the day.

* Hey, Norm Lewis is going to star in ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' on Broadway! Awesome! And fan favorite Sierra Boggess is returning as Christine--neat! I don't see how things can get much bet--''THEY'RE BRINGING BACK THE "WANDERING CHILD" TRIO??? OH HELL YES!!!''

* [[Creator/DavidTennant The Doctor]] and [[Creator/CatherineTate Donna]] doing Shakespeare? One of the best ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}'' pairings ever [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine together again?]] And playing [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing two of the snarkiest characters in Shakespeare canon?]] Yes, please.

* What do you get when you cross [[DavidTennant the Tenth Doctor]], [[PatrickStewart Captain Picard]], and {{Hamlet}}? The best Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet [[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d45f42677fa7130,0 EVER!]]

* [[DavidTennant The Doctor]] and [[Creator/CatherineTate Donna]] doing Shakespeare? One of the best ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}'' pairings ever [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine together again?]] And playing [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing two of the snarkiest characters in Shakespeare canon?]] Yes, please.

* [[DavidTennant The Doctor]] and [[CatherineTate Donna]] doing Shakespeare? One of the best ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}'' pairings ever [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine together again?]] And playing [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing two of the snarkiest characters in Shakespeare canon?]] Yes, please.

* CirqueDuSoleil's had a hard time impressing its fanbase in the wake of several disappointing shows since 2008, but there are a few recent announcements that excited them:

* [[DavidTennant The Doctor]] and [[CatherineTate Donna]] doing Shakespeare? One of the best ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}'' pairings ever [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine together again?]] And playing [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing two of the snarkiest characters in Shakespeare canon?]] Yes, please.

* [[DavidTennant The Doctor]] and [[CatherineTate Donna]] doing Shakespeare? One of the best ''Series/Doctor Who'' pairings ever [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine together again?]] And playing [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing two of the snarkiest characters in Shakespeare canon?]] Yes, please.

* A [[{{RENT}} modern version of ''La Boheme'']]? Set in new York? Hm... dunno what to make about it... what, it starred Idina F*ing Menzel in its premier?! AND in the movie? And the movie has Rosario Dawson? Ok, maybe I could take a - OMG OMG OMG, IT'S AWESOME!

Sometimes, new plays [[AndTheFandomRejoiced are highly anticipated]].

* They're making a musical based on Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian? Ok. Idle's always funny, but this might be a stretch. Wait, they're releasing a performance on DVD starring all of the surviving [[MontyPython Pythons]]? DO WANT!

* They're making a musical based on LifeOfBrian? Ok. Idle's always funny, but this might be a stretch. Wait, they're releasing a performance on DVD starring all of the surviving [[MontyPython Pythons]]? DO WANT!

* The Royal Shakespeare Company are still trying to develop that stage musical of RoaldDahl's ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'' they've been working on for years? Pff, when are they going to learn ... wait, what? They've asked TimMinchin to write the score?! When do tickets go on sale?!

** The history-of-film inspired show ''[=IRIS=]'' (also 2011) made waves with the announcement that DannyElfman would be writing its score.
* A [[{{RENT}} modern version of ''La Boheme'']]? Set in new York? Hm... dunno what to make about it... what, it starred Idina F*ing Menzel in its premier?! AND in the movie? And the movie has Rosario Dawson? Ok, maybe I could take a - OMG OMG OMG, IT'S AWESOME!

* ''[[SpiderMan Spider-Man: The Musical]]''? Oh geeze, I love Spidey and I love musical theatre, but how--wait a minute, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Taymor Julie Taymor]] is directing? Oh, heck yes!
** *facepalm*. Oh god no. Considering that she was the reason behind everything that was completely wrong about it since day one, and her total incompetence caused it to be delayed repeatedly until she was mercifully fired and everything she did was re-written, and that the entire fiasco has pretty much buried her forever into the pit of shame, I'm not so sure that's what the Fandom was rejoicing about. Actually it was the news that she was fired was the rejoicing bit. At least swing by the Topless Robot website to find out what people really thought of that trainwreck. :P

** A [[{{RENT}} modern version of ''La Boheme'']]? Set in new York? Hm... dunno what to make about it... what, it starred Idina F*ing Menzel in its premier?! AND in the movie? And the movie has Rosario Dawson? Ok, maybe I could take a - OMG OMG OMG, IT'S AWESOME!

* The Royal Shakespeare Company are still trying to develop that stage musical of RoaldDahl's ''{{Matilda}}'' they've been working on for years? Pff, when are they going to learn ... wait, what? They've asked TimMinchin to write the score?! When do tickets go on sale?!

** *facepalm*. Ogh god no. Considering that she was the reason behind everything that was completely wrong about it since day one, and her total incompetence caused it to be delayed repeatedly until she was mercifully fired and everything she did was re-written, and that the entire fiasco has pretty much buried her forever into the pit of shame, I'm not so sure that's what the Fandom was rejoicing about. Actually it was the news that she was fired was the rejoicing bit. At least swing by the Topless Robot website to find out what people really thought of that trainwreck. :P

** The announcement of Francois Girard as the director of ''Zarkana'' (2011), since his ''[=ZED=]'' (2008) was seen as a rare bright spot in the recent downward arc.
** The Atherton twins (of ''Varekai'''s aerial strap act) will be in the history-of-film-inspired show ''[=IRIS=]'' (2011)! And DannyElfman's doing the music!

** The Atherton twins (of ''Varekai'''s aerial strap act) will be in the film-inspired show ''[=IRIS=]'' (2011)! And DannyElfman's doing the music!

* What do you get when you cross [[DavidTennant the Tenth Doctor]], [[PatrickStewart Captain Picard]], and {{Hamlet}}? The best Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet [[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d45f42677fa7130,0 EVER!]]

* What do you get when you cross [[DavidTennent the Tenth Doctor]], [[PatrickStewart Captain Picard]], and {{Hamlet}}? The best Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet [[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d45f42677fa7130,0 EVER!]]

* They're doing a musical of "Bring It On?" Okay, might be good... Wait, Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing the music/lyrics? Hell yes!!!

* They're doing a musical of "Bring It On." Okay, might be good... Wait, Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing the music/lyrics. Hell yes!!!

* ''[[SpiderMan Spider-Man: The Musical]]''? Oh geeze, I love Spidey and I love musical theatre, but how--wait a minute, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Taymor Julie Taymor]] is directing? Oh, heck yes!