{"id":575,"date":"2008-06-17T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=575"},"modified":"2018-12-08T14:51:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:51:57","slug":"john-cleese-working-on-musical-called-wanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/17\/john-cleese-working-on-musical-called-wanda\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese Working On Musical Called WANDA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Cleese is working on a musical version of his classic comedy A Fish Called Wanda<\/strong>, according to an interview published over the weekend in Britain’s The Daily Telegraph<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spurned on by the success of Spamalot<\/em>, for which he waived his right for royalties assuming that the musical adaptation of Monty Python And The Holy Grail<\/strong> wouldn’t be successful, Cleese is collaborating with his daughter Camilla to bring the 1988 comedy to the stage.<\/p>\n

We’ve knocked the story into shape. We’re going to try a few lyrics and if it turns out we are no good \u2013 which is what I expect \u2013 we’ll get a new lyricist in. Right now we’re working on the story and trying to figure out where the songs should go. It’s very early days, though.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hopefully, Cleese and Cleese will be able to turn out a script that will actually make it to the boards. There’s plenty of farcical material in A Fish Called Wanda<\/strong> that should play well live. And what kind of song do you think Ken the Stutterer, played by Cleese’s Monty Python castmare Michael Palin, would get?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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