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Crazy Rich Asians is the latest film to get the musical treatment
As we’ve seen with the premieres of song-filled films like Mean Girls and The Color Purple, the “movie to musical to movie musical” pipeline is becoming an increasingly present force in our culture. Whether film or stage theatergoers like it or not, it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down any time soon. The latest film to complete at least the first step of this process is 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, which is currently under development for a new stage adaptation (per The Hollywood Reporter). New...
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Broadway makes way for 'Crazy Rich Asians' with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu
"Crazy Rich Asians" will soon come to Broadway, years after author Kevin Kwan's bestseller jumped from page to screen in a watershed moment for Asian representation in Hollywood. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures revealed on Wednesday that director Jon M. Chu will helm a stage musical based on Kwan's "Crazy Rich Asians" trilogy. The musical also will be based on Warner Bros.'s 2018 film adaptation of the first novel, which Chu directed. Playwright Leah Nanako Winkler will write the book, which will...
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Crazy Rich Asians is heading to Broadway as a musical 6 years after becoming a hit film starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding
Crazy Rich Asians is heading to Broadway with the film's director Jon M. Chu set to helm the musical production. This will be Chu's Broadway debut.