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Roger Waters Gives Update on "The Wall" Musical
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Roger Waters Gives Update on "The Wall" Musical

Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters is building his stage musical based on the band's album "The Wall" brick by brick.

"It's got to be solid, so it takes time," Waters said.

He has been collaborating with Lee Hall, the brilliant writer of both the movie version and the Victoria Palace theatre hit of Billy Elliot, on the "book" (the script) for The Wall musical.

The best books always take time to construct - and a solid foundation is essential. Mamma Mia!, Phantom, Les Miserables, Hairspray and Billy Elliot are the best examples in London at the moment of books penned to last.

Waters revealed that he's writing a new number, "a love song with a bit of romance in it", to add to those from the 1979 album such as Mother, Goodbye Cruel World and Bring The Boys Back Home.

"I'm going to use Have A Cigar and Money from the Pink Floyd days, and then it's all about structuring them so they serve the piece well," Waters explained.

"We'll have a few jokes and a bit of humour. It's not just a case of transplanting the album onto the stage.

"It's a new piece - a new show, not a catalogue musical," he insisted.

The basic story is that of a famous rock star who has become tired of the rock 'n' roll world, and each setback in his life is "just another brick in the wall".

Waters wouldn't be drawn on when we're likely to see the final brick in place, but when pushed, he thought perhaps late 2009, possibly in New York, although he didn't rule out starting the show in London.

Movie czar Harvey Weinstein will produce with former record mogul Tommy Mottola, although they will bring in experienced theatre people to manage the show.

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11-09-2007 12:54 PM
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Tell us something we dont know already.

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i open mouth kissed a horse once.

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11-09-2007 01:27 PM
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Famous rock star grown tired of the rock n roll world. Gee why does that sound familiar? All those fans, all that money, and don't forget the ego.
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Grguitarfreek100 Wrote:i open mouth kissed a horse once.

Lol

id find it more funnier if you had proof you didnt upsidedown

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So he's not going with Andrew Lloyd Webber then? Laughing

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11-10-2007 06:13 AM
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So he's not going with Andrew Lloyd Webber then? Laughing

Not unless he can break ALW's fingers.
11-10-2007 02:29 PM
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Boooooooring

Release The Wall on DVD from 1980-81 and stop milking The Wall and set about working on something new Roger please. I know its a piece of work he is proud of but he has milked it to much now release The Wall Live Earls Court and be done with it. Biggrin
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the idea of The Wall being made into a musical makes me cringe..there's no posssible way to give it justice in this medium...it's too big, too complex to bring across properly...besides the idea that most (I said most) stage production is just a bunch of re-hashed schlock attended by blue hairs thinking they're above everyone else...

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who will be going to see the show????

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