So I reached out to Andrew Lloyd Webber to see if he would let us use Phantom of the Opera, which has never been done before. When he pitched me the idea to do a murder mystery against a live musical backdrop, I thought it was perfect for me.
Greenblatt provided the following statement:Īustin and I have a connection with musicals. Deadline notes, “ While Phantom of the Opera will not be performed in its entirety as the season will follow the musical coming together in the background, many of its famous scenes and hits beloved by theater fans the world over, including “The Music of the Night”, will be featured on the show.“ Lloyd Webber may also appear on the show. Winsberg and Lloyd Webber are executive producing The Show Must Go On with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum of The Tannenbaum Co, Robert Greenblatt of The Green Room, and pilot director Richard Shepard.
With a murderer on the loose, and a Phantom to contend with, the whole cast and crew will have to come together to put on the greatest show of their lives… that is – if they can live long enough to make it to the final curtain…
Created by Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist creator Austin Winsberg, the “darkly comedic” series is called The Show Must Go On – and if it lasts for more than one season, the plan is that “each season would take place in the days leading up to a big, live, televised event and would tackle a new murder with a refreshed cast.”Īccording to Deadline, the first season of The Show Must Go On is setīehind the scenes during the making of a fictitious version of Lloyd Webber’s worldwide mega-hit: The Phantom of The Opera Live! As if putting on a giant, live, beloved musical isn’t enough of a challenge, imagine how hard it will be with endless production problems, warring stars, mounting network pressures, and, oh yeah, the gruesome and untimely death of one of the leads. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical version of The Phantom of the Opera is set to serve as the backdrop for the first season of a murder mystery anthology series that’s in the works at the Peacock streaming service.
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