A Broadway jukebox musical about “Bizarre Al” Yankovic is within the works, Deadline experiences. Titled Dare to Be Silly, its soundtrack might be comprised of parody songs from all through Yankovic’s in depth spoof oeuvre, together with “White & Nerdy” (his tackle “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire), “Amish Paradise” (Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”), “Eat It” (“Beat It”), “Like a Surgeon” (“Like a Virgin”) and “Smells Like Nirvana” (this one’s fairly apparent).
“Ever since I used to be a middle-aged man, I’ve all the time wished to be part of the New York theatre neighborhood,” Yankovic stated in a press release to Deadline. “Plus, the one factor individuals all the time say about Broadway is that it’s ‘severely missing in Bizarre Al-based leisure,’ and I feel this musical ought to repair that downside instantly.”
Dare to Be Silly is being directed by Alex Timbers, who beforehand helmed All In—a Broadway present constructed across the Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs—in addition to David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s disco musical Right here Lies Love. Yankovic was the topic of the 2022 biopic Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story, which starred Daniel Radcliffe within the titular function. He has a whopping 90 exhibits throughout North America lined up between now and mid-October.
Revisit Madison Bloom’s assessment of the Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story, The “Bizarre Al” Film Is a Goofball’s Paradise.
