Forever "Chasing Rainbows"
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 9:00AM While there may have been no news for years on that proposed (new) Anne Hathaway as Judy Garland biopic, that hasn't stopped other creatives from continuing to rob her grave. Will Judy ever rest in peace?
Not that we mind entertainment projects periodically winning The World's Greatest Entertainer new generations of fans whose parents weren't even born until after she died. But it does occassionally strike even this diehard Judy G fan as creepy, this perpetual exhuming of her corpse... If any of these projects came with a guarantee of pristine restorations and theatrically released revivals of her films outside of The Wizard of Oz, we'd grab a shovel ourselves!
Playbill reports that a new biographical Judy Garland musical will be heading (eventually... 2018?) to the Broadway stage. The twist is this: less tragic. The jukebox musical, which already has backing and which will be dubbed "Chasing Rainbows," apparently ends with The Wizard of Oz... the beloved classic that was released when Judy was all of 17 years old. The seeds of her tragedy were already planted by then of course but they had yet to bloom.
The Judy Garland story with a vaguely happy ending? Curious.
Reader Comments (3)
What's wrong with a Judy Garland obsession? Especially when the world seems to be stuck on Marilyn Monroe.
How is it a "perpetual exhuming of her corpse"? I don't get that. If making a biopic of someone is exhuming of her corpse, wouldn't that be true of every biopic ever made of any person who is dead? I don't get why you're associating that with necrophilia (or maybe it's just something I shouldn't take too literally)...
Exhuming her corpse is just a bit morbid. I mean honoring her life and talent is just as likely a way to put it.
But anyway, a Judy G movie that ENDS with The Wizard of Oz? An uber-talented kid like Judy doesn't come around very often. Good luck with the casting!