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Gina Gershon's 'Showgirls' Musical Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 5:50 AM on June 26, 2008
When she's not involved in ex-presidential dalliances (allegedly!) and lobbing litigious bombs at the journalists who write about them, Gina Gershon is something of a Broadway dreamer. To wit, the sultry star's more authorised revelation that she's considered adapting Showgirls for the stage. But just throwing a bitchy NC-17 melodrama on the boards wouldn't be enough, naturally, so behold Showgirls: The Broadway Musical: "Originally I had an idea to do that, and I was talking to a couple of people to write it with me," she told Broadway.com. "If it's my version, it would be great. If it's a dumb version, it would be dumb." We really don't see how a smart version of Showgirls is logically possible, and unless it features a showstopping Joe Eszterhas/Paul Verhoeven duet simply called "Tits," we're probably not even interested. Nevertheless, best of luck to Gershon, and may her Vanity Fair score-settling yield the leverage she needs to make Tony-ready magic. [Broadway.com via Film Experience]
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Juancho
Posted 6:09 AM 26/6/08
Joe is holed up at the Bob Evans in Solon, Ohio, writing the libretto to this eagerly-awaited masterpiece.
Juancho
el smrtmnky
Posted 8:38 AM 26/6/08
The numbers just write themselves: 'I'm gonna win(Nomi's Song),' 'Another suitcase in another dirty pick up', 'Molly's dream (Different Places)', 'Tough as Nails/Nice Tits', 'Goddess (Crystal's Song)','Thrust it!','The T-shirt Song', '$500', 'Dirty Pool', 'Walk into the Wind (Love theme to a Rape)', 'Walk into the Wind/My Stiletto', 'Good-bye', 'No, me!.'
el smrtmnky
Nomi Malone
Posted 8:25 AM 26/6/08
mmm.
in other words, gina, your going to fuck 'em without fucking them!
count me in.
Nomi Malone
gaybot
Posted 8:25 AM 26/6/08
yes! finally!
gaybot
NoWireHangers
Posted 9:04 AM 26/6/08
@el smrtmnky: @Nomi Malone: And the finale, "I'm Not a Whore!"
If this ever comes tofruition, I'm going to need a back-up liver.
NoWireHangers
el smrtmnky
Posted 9:03 AM 26/6/08
@Nomi Malone: Get Cubby Bernstein on the phone, stat!
el smrtmnky
Nomi Malone
Posted 8:58 AM 26/6/08
@el smrtmnky: @el smrtmnky: let's not forget "who ate the chips (friends forever)," "it ain't dancin' (if it's at the cheetah)," "you're the only one who can get my tits poppin' right (goodbye song)," pollyanna (you're as cold as ice)," and "suzanne, paula (we coulda had anybody)."
Nomi Malone
taraniso
Posted 9:57 AM 26/6/08
With the help of Diane Warren I would like to suggest these romantic showstoppers:
"Gee, Tough Break"
"Paula Abdul...In MY Show?"
"In America Everyone's A Gynecologist!"
"Caesar Sing"
"I Got Towels"
"I Can Barely Thread A Needle!"
"Fajitas!"
"Monkeys"
"Didja Like It? Sure...I Liked It"
"She's All Pelvis Thrust, She's Got It!"
taraniso
el smrtmnky
Posted 11:31 AM 26/6/08
@NoWireHangers: i've had my liver functions outsourced to an Indian child for years now.
el smrtmnky
Smackdown
Posted 12:20 AM 27/6/08
"It's a Versayse (Rise to the Top)"
Smackdown
gwendolyn
Posted 4:16 AM 27/6/08
My big question: Can Kyle MacLachlan sing? A stage musical version would not be the same without his particular brand of five-head sleaziness.
gwendolyn