It has been reported by The Globe and Mail newspaper (Canada) that Australia’s own Man In Chair, Geoffrey Rush, will star in the movie version of The Drowsy Chaperone.
It has been reported by The Globe and Mail newspaper (Canada) that Australia’s very own Man In Chair, Geoffrey Rush, will star in the movie version of The Drowsy Chaperone. Rush, who starred in the Australian production of The Drowsy Chaperone in 2010, is in talks with director and co-creator of the Broadway musical Don McKellar, to lead the cast in the film version of the show. While performing the role of the musical theatre fanatic with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Rush wowed McKellar, who told the Globe and Mail that he is “pretty excited about being involved with him” “We saw him and he was excellent – and also he’s an excellent person,” McKellar told the Canadian paper. The Oscar winning actor’s most recent Australian performance was for Belvoir’s The Diary of a Madman. Rush was awarded a Helpmann Award this year for his role in this play. The Drowsy Chaperone is another in a long line of Broadway musicals which are being produced as films, including Les Miserables which is set to star fellow Aussie performers Hugh Jackman (Valjean) and Russell Crowe (Javert). With movie musicals such as Nine, Hairspray, Mama Mia, and Chicago already in the public eye, it seems that Hollywood certainly has a bit of Broadway Fever. In the current economic climate, where theatre tickets are more expensive than ever before, this resurgence of multi million dollar ‘movie musicals’ is set to introduce a new generation to the joys of music theatre – what other musicals would you like to see on film? Comment below… Related articles:
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