Two beloved films — Bridget Jones’ Diary and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown are being made into musicals.
Helen Fielding who write the book of Bridget Jones’ Diary has been working on the musical which held a recent reading in London attended by Stephen Daldry who brought his film Billy Elliot to the stage.
An aside: Stephen Daldry is incredibly talented and he directed the film Billy Elliot and then recently directed the stage musical which is a big hit in London and is now up for 15 Tonys on Broadway. Sharon Maguire directed the film of Bridget Jones’ Diary yet I am betting that her name never came up as the potential director of the musical. She might not be appropriate at all, but Stephen Daldry’s name came up when his film was being translated to the stage. All I’m saying is that women just don’t get talked about in the same way.
Working Title who produced the film are looking to opening in London in 2011,
Pedro Almodovar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is getting the Lincoln Center treatment here in the US. It will be directed by Barlett Sher who is developing the show with writers David Yasbeck Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane.
Now it’s Bridget Jones the musical (Daily Mail)
Musical in the works for Almodovar pic (Variety)
FYI… Pretty sure it’s David Yazbek, not David Yasbeck. :)
Oh the excitement I just felt at the mention of a Bridget Jones’ Diary musical. That’s almost too good to be true!