I just noticed an ad for the North Shore Music Theatre that advertised its upcoming season, which included a stage adaptation of Disney's raging phenomenon (doo doo dee doo doo) that is their made-for-TV teen movie High School Musical. I haven't seen the thing, but you can guess from the title that it's a show about a high school putting on a musical. And, according to several Disney-watching sites, schools have already expressed interest in getting the stage rights for their own performances. So if the rights were granted...
We'd have a high school.
Putting on a musical.
About a high school.
Putting on a musical.
Oh, sure, shows-within-shows ain't nothin new (sup, Kiss Me, Kate; how ya doin, The Producers?) but this... this is almost just too meta for me.
Unless one was to write a screenplay about a high school... putting on a musical... about a high school... putting on a musical...
(ka-BLOOIE!)
We'd have a high school.
Putting on a musical.
About a high school.
Putting on a musical.
Oh, sure, shows-within-shows ain't nothin new (sup, Kiss Me, Kate; how ya doin, The Producers?) but this... this is almost just too meta for me.
Unless one was to write a screenplay about a high school... putting on a musical... about a high school... putting on a musical...
(ka-BLOOIE!)