Run DMC The Musical
When I think of stuffy Broadway my mind immediately starts thinking of somewhere else, Hollis, Queens. Apparently Tom Cruise's former partner Paula Wagner agrees.
Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels are meeting with Paula this week in New York to observe other musical offerings on Broadway. Their inspirational story of their rise is a compelling and dramatic journey and Paula's new Chestnut Ridge Productions will oversee it.
She says Run-DMC was the first rap act to cross over and influence American music. The story of Simmons, McDaniels and their musical partner Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell (who was murdered in 2002) will be told in a unique manner.
Paula says, "I feel their story lends itself perfectly to the stage. This project has been a passion of mine for some time and I couldn't be more thrilled to be working with them."
I don't exactly think this is something that needs to happen, and I'm sure it will eventually lead to the feature film adaptation starring Jamie Foxx and some Wayans, but it's not like they are turning Spiderman into a musical with "music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge" or something. I mean noone would be that ridiculous.
