Now, this is a show I’d like to see.
Weird Al Yankovic is coming to Broadway with a new musical.
He’s written the songs with Scott Brown and Anthony King, of “Beetlejuice” fame.
Al is famous for his parody songs. He’s always hilarious. No word on a lot of details but Alex Timbers is directing. He’s got a Tony or two.
The musical, called “Dare to Be Stupid,” will feature songs from Yankovic’s unparalleled catalog spanning more than four decades — works that have parodied, celebrated, and cheerfully outlasted virtually every genre and cultural moment of the modern era – including “White & Nerdy” (a parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’”), “Amish Paradise” (a parody of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”), “Eat It” (a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”), “Smells Like Nirvana” (a parody of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”), and “Like a Surgeon” (a parody of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”).
“Ever since I was a middle-aged man, I’ve always wanted to be a part of the New York theatre community,” says Yankovic in a press release. “Plus, 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.”
