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Wicked extended January 27, 2008

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Wicked (Apollo Victoria) is now booking until 4th April, 2009.

Bat Out of Hell musical to play in London first! January 2, 2008

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Jim Steinman, (who wrote lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind) is working on a musical based on Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” albums.

Steinman says that the musical, Bat Out of Hell, will be based on the songs from the three-album cycle. Described as a Cirque du Soleil-type spectacle, Steinman wrote both music and lyrics. Steinman is really excited that Stephen Clarke (Stripped) has signed on to collaborate with him on the musical’s book.

The APOLLO VICTORIA is probably our theatre choice! We’ll be replacing WICKED there. Its a gr8 theatre in a gr8 location! (Our final “due diligence” concerns making sure there’s ROOM ENUF for sets, 3D visuals, parkour, motorcycles, massive dance pieces,gymnastics, etc. We WERE going to build our own theatre, but the big problem was NO ROOM IN LONDON AT ALL for it and we did want to start there! Since things Arent finalized, anything can change, but the possibility of major involvement & funding from SONG/BMG or WARNERS, artistic involvement of ILM in their FIRST stage venture, and Stephen Clarke all make me really stoked. As far as financing goes, all is ahead of schedule!

Jim Steinman began his career in musical theatre with The Dream Engine, and later wrote Das Rheingold, More Than You Deserve and Neverland. Three songs from Neverland – “Bat out of Hell”, “Heaven Can Wait” and “The Formation of the Pack,” retitled “All Revved Up With No Place to Go” became the beginnings of the album “Bat Out of Hell.”

Steinman, collaborated with Meatloaf and wrote hit songs:

  • “Total Eclipse of the Heart,”
  • “Making Love out of Nothing at All,”
  • “I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)”
  • “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.”
    He also had an infamous legal battle with Meatloaf over the name Bat Out of Hell.

    Bat out of Hell the musical     promises to be a big hit with West End theatre goers but then again, Wicked is going to be a hard act to follow!
    (Sources: Steinman’s blog
    Wikipedia article)