Tim Burton to Create Batman: The Musical?

By Jack August 30, 2002 11:25 AM

According to Brit web-zine EmpireOnline, Tim Burton is creating a musical/stage version of everyone's favorite winged superhero. Read on.

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HA! HA! HA!   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on August 30, 2002 5:53 PM

I remember the times when some people attacked me because I was doing the worst jokes ever...

RE: HA! HA! HA!   reply

Posted by Moose (moose@dtheatre.com) on August 31, 2002 3:05 PM

You made jokes? ;)

RE: HA! HA! HA!   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on August 31, 2002 8:55 PM

No, musicals.

RE: HA! HA! HA!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 1, 2002 1:37 PM

People attacked you because you are an assclown...not for the musicals.

RE: HA! HA! HA!   reply

Posted by Yakobusan (spam@mysan.de) on September 2, 2002 3:34 AM

must sound like this!
:)

Wrong movie!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 2, 2002 6:45 AM

Burton's got this all wrong! He should be adapting his other tour-de-force into a musical! As in: "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want To Get Off!" Starring Troy McClure as.... the Human! The part he was born to play, baby! It worked on The Simpsons!

"Oh, really?"   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on September 2, 2002 10:44 AM

Do I have to be sarcastic with you?

Yes, really   reply

Posted by The Original Shemp (Daddy-O@shempsrule.com) on September 2, 2002 7:00 PM

Oh please don't be sarcastic with me...it's more than I could take.

Sorry for not logging in before

RE: Yes, really   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on September 4, 2002 6:52 PM

You couldn't wait to take me down that you didn't even log, OS? Shame on you...
Tell me, in which circus did you find "assclowns"?

RE: Yes, really   reply

Posted by The Original Shemp (Daddy-O@shempsrule.com) on September 4, 2002 8:25 PM

I already apologized for my trangression, so get over it.

As for where I found assclowns...well, right here in DTheatre.

RE: Yes, really   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on September 6, 2002 8:24 AM

I'm not traumatized by your joke, OS. I was just responding with my kind of humor. Why nobody understands the assclowns?

RE: Yes, really   reply

Posted by Moose (moose@dtheatre.com) on September 7, 2002 6:33 AM

Hmmm. Looked up "assclown". It said:-

"An ass with a good crack".

Celtics 1st, Rangers 2nd!   reply

Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on September 8, 2002 10:35 AM

Let me check...

BATMAN:THE MUSICAL   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 31, 2002 3:28 PM

I STARTED ON BATMAN THE MUSICAL IN SUMMER OF
2000 HERE IS MY SCRIPT

BAT-MAN: THE MUSICAL

              Book and Lyrics by Johnathan French
       Johnathan French
Based on the 1966 BAT-MAN TV Show
Stage Play by Johnathan French
   


   BATMAN: THE MUSICAL
             ACT ONE

              SCENE 1
        (Opening Song/ Fight Music)
All.
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN                                                              
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN      
 NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
  NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
  NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
   NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN    
    NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN!

Narrator.
Out side their Famous Bat cave. Several fine bits of inspired
Dialogue were delivered several stories above the heads of the
Series? 5 to 10 year-old audience. Imagine, if you will, the Dynamic
Duo scaling a modernistic glass  house  wherein a wild sixties party rages.

Robin. Gees looks like a swinging party BatMan
BatMan. Yes Robin and people shouldn?t  throw party?s  in glass houses
Robin. Gees I guess your right BatMan?

A woman gasses Batman and Robin as they walk in

Narrator But  not very far lurks The Joker, King Tut ,Catwoman, Book Worm,
Egghead, Shame, The Mad Hater, Mr. Freeze, The Penguin, The Riddler , Sandman.

Catwoman. The mere thought of pulling a caper
without  There masked meddling would be most purrrrrturbing to me !!

Joker. ?But what about Batman Catwoman??
Catwoman.  ?Don?t worry My Perrrrrrrrrfic kittens will deal with them and Batgirl to.
The Joker. Now the Moment We have all been waiting for...
The unmasking of Batman, hahahahahah  victory is Ares.

Narrator. But later down in the basement of the abandon house

Egghead. Get  the Penguin eggs Miss. Benedict

Miss. Benedict. Ok Eggy

The Penguin. Heh,Heh  Quak, Quack
Well the Dynamic Duo, their faces completely covered with Penguin eggs.   Quak, Quack that will be a good laugh  Quak, Quack.

The Riddler. Ha,ha ha,ha what did I miss now  Penguin

The Penguin. Egghead is going to completely covere there Faces with Penguin eggs

The Penguin. Heh,Heh  Quak, Quack
Well the Dynamic Duo, their faces completely covered with Penguin eggs.   Quak, Quack

Narrator. Then Barbara Gordon  better known as Batgirl gets a message from Batman
And is now as we speak is changing in to her Batgirl costume  

Batgirl  Sneaks in through the window  the villains turn around


    Batman. How did you know ?
Batgirl. Through the one thing you couldn't possibly have in your utility belt Batman ... a woman's intuition

Batgirl frees Batman and Robin

Batman. Now you Mad Hatter and your Friends...
Mad Hatter. Not until I toss my hat into the ring, Batman

Catwoman. Who are you anyway?

KingTut. Tut !.Master of thieves,
King of the Nile,
that?s just on momma's side of the family.

Batman. I?ve see you meet Tut now Catwoman

The Riddler. Get him Hatter

The Mad Hatter. ?Ok Riddler!?

The Joker troughs  some marbles that have a poison gas inside

The Riddler. ?Oh  and Batman ?What?s black and white and read all over??
     
                      The Villains Exit.
 
                            Bat cave

Batman. ?What?s black and white and read all over??

Robin. I?ve got it  a news paper?

Batman. of cores  a news paper yes it makes since

Tow hours later at the Villains hide a way

Riddler. Enough ! Stop that ridiculous bickering !! Batman has had time to solve the clue !!!!
                                           (Song)
The Joke. I?ve got, I?ve got  , I?ve got  , I?ve got  , I?ve got  The Plane  that  will stop
the Dynamic Duo,  I?ve got  The Plane  that  will stop  the Dynamic Duo and  The world will be Ares I?ve got, I?ve got  , I?ve got, I?ve got  The Plane  we corner them into a trap
in witch they cant excape  how a bout we conbine all of are most greatest planes into one
The Plane ,Yes the Plane  that  will stop, The Dynamic Duo, the Dynamic Duo,  I?ve got  The Plane  that  will stop  the Dynamic Duo and  The world will be Ares I?ve got, I?ve got  , I?ve got, I?ve got  The Plane  we corner them into a trap
in witch they cant excape  how a bout we conbine all of are most greatest planes into one

                      (Fade out)


                 (Fade in)
Batman. Bookworm, What are you up to ???
Bookworm. It's a curious old recipe I discovered,
how to steam a bat !!!

Batman and Robin  Excape with the help of Batgirl

    Batman. How did you know ?
Batgirl. Through the one thing you couldn't possibly have in your utility belt Batman ... a woman's intuition


(Opening Song/Fight Music repeats)
All. NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN                                                              
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN      
 NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
  NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
  NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
   NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN    
    NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN!



 Mr Freeze. How did you find the entrance
to the ice palace ?? !!!
Frosty. Oh darling, stop spitting ice cubes !  

Batman. Easy we though about the only coldest places in Gotham  and found  the only abandon Ice Cream Factory  

 Mr Freeze. Get Them my Snow Men!?

(Opening Song/Fight Music repeats)
All. NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN                                                              
NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN      
 NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
  NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
  NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN
   NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN    
    NA NA NA BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN, BAT-MAN!


The Archer. And " Now I am Heading off to rob from the rich and give to the poor! Ha, ha, ha, ha.

                              Blackout
                           

                          ACT TWO

The Penguin?s Googo Girls. He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin,
He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin

The Penguin. Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack
Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack,

The Penguin. I all was have a  wonderful diabolic plane but  Batman stops me every time

The Penguin. Well this Birds had enough , Well this Birds had enough, Well this Birds had enough that?s why the Dynamic  Dimwits must Die !?


The Penguin?s Googo Girls. He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin,
He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin

The Penguin. Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack
Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack, Quak, Quack

The Penguin?s Googo Girls. He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin,
He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, He?s The Penguin, (Softly) He?s The Penguin!

RE: BATMAN:THE AMUSE-ICAL   reply

Posted by Moose (moose@dtheatre.com) on January 1, 2003 3:29 AM

Send the script to Mel Brooks. If he can do a nazi musical I'm sure he can do this.

RE: BATMAN:THE MUSICAL   reply

Posted by Moose (moose@dtheatre.com) on January 1, 2003 3:33 AM

A note to all the youngsters visiting this site ........................... This script is a good example of why you should "Just say NO" to drugs!

I MADE THE MUSICAL IN 2000   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 3, 2004 10:59 AM

I MADE THE MUSICAL IN 2000
BEFORE TIM! MY NAME IS JOHN FRENCH AND I AM A HARD COR FAN OF THE 1966 BATMAN TV SHOW!

My New Project X-Men   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 3, 2004 11:03 AM

I Johnathan French am adapting Fox's X-Men The Movie in to an Broadway Stageplay not a Musical an
play

X-Men   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 3, 2004 11:06 AM

Will be based on and adapted from the Fox's  First X-Men Movie

RE: BATMAN:THE AMUSE-ICAL   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 7, 2004 4:19 PM

I Based it on The 1966 Batman TV Show and thanks I loved the  TV Show becouse of it being so campy and true to the 40's and 60's comic books.
Your Pal John French

Auditions For X-Men   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 7, 2004 4:33 PM

Auditions For X-Men will be on Sunday at Canyon High School in Anahime Hills California at 2:00 PM on The Out Door Stage Bring with you a Dramatic Scene. I John French will meet you there

Batman Beyond Return of the Joker   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 10, 2004 11:19 AM

I have adapted Batman Beyond Return of the Joker into a stageplay it was done in drama class a year ago I hope I can do it once more,may be on broadway  one day.
Your Pal John French

STAR TREK II : WATH OF KHAN   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 12, 2004 9:16 AM

I JOHN FRENCH AM GOING TO ADAPTED STAR TREK II : WATH OF KHAN INTO A LIVE STAGE SHOW
stageplay by John French
adapted from A Jack B. Sowards and Harve Bennett story based on the motion picture and star trek created by gege roddenberry

Batman Beyond Return of The Joker   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 2, 2004 8:53 AM

I Johnathan French have set Batman Beyond Return of The Joker on stage
the play goes much more into the story than the film did and you get to know more about what happened that knight in gotham it also has a tells you what happened to the joker more than the film.
I whent deeper in to the
cast of heroes and arch foes

WICCA:THE MUSICAL   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on October 26, 2004 10:04 AM

Wicca The Musical is about The True History of Wiccans and the Book,Lyrics are By me Johnathan French...
wiccans do not believe in evil we never have we believe in the goddess and nature but some stupid person back in the 17000's killed us and called witches!

HARRY POTTER:THE MUSICAL   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 4, 2004 1:08 PM

I Say the only way this can work is if it was done like  wicked that is way i think it will work on stage and I Johnathan French am go ing to do this if it's all right with the wb and  the creator of the books i hope to put it on broadway one day.