Thriller musical this time on Broadway

The Nederlander organization officially announced yesterday that it has obtained the right to stage a musical theater show based on the legendary Thriller video from Michael Jackson’s Thriller album. Michael’s spokesperson, Dr. Tohme, also confirmed the news in a statement, saying that Nederlander and Michael Jackson are bringing a live musical theater show based on this video to the stages of Broadway. Nederlander, the manager of the Nederlander company, which owns nine theaters on Broadway, said about the idea of creating this theater: "I love the idea of making the Thriller musical. Girl meets boy. They fall in love. The boy has a big secret. Now what happens?" No information has yet been provided about the writer, director, choreographer, or the songs that will be used in the show. The Thriller video was made in 1983 and created a revolution in the music video industry. Before that, music videos were just a collection of scattered and boring images of dancing and singing. In the early 1980s, for the first time in the history of music recording, a music video was shown with a cinematic structure. This video, which was essentially a short musical film, after more than two decades, is still the number one music video in the world and the most popular of them. Source: eMJey / Associated Press