A Jukebox style “Weird Al” Yankovic musical is in development.
Dare to Be Stupid: The Weird Al Musical will feature songs from Yankovic’s extensive song-parody discography, as reported by Deadline.
This includes ‘White & Nerdy’ (his parody of Chamillionaire’s ‘Ridin’’), ‘Amish Paradise’ (Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’), ‘Eat It’ (‘Beat It’), ‘Smells Like Nirvana’ (‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’), and ‘Like a Surgeon’ (‘Like a Virgin’).
The Broadway musical enlists help from Moulin Rouge! Director Alex Timbers and writers Scott Brown and Anthony King (Beetlejuice).
In a statement to Deadline, Yankovic shared that “the one thing people always say about Broadway is that it’s ‘severely lacking in Weird Al-based entertainment,’ and I think this musical should fix that problem immediately.”
Director Timbers added that “it’s a dream come true to work with one of my comedy heroes bringing an original story set to his beloved songbook to the stage.”
“Weird Al” EGOT incoming?
