Elvis Presley stage musical within the works after Baz Luhrmann Elvis films | Theatre | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Speaking to Dan Morrissey on Magic Radio, Baz confessed: “It’s being worked on, it’s happening yeah. I don’t know if I was supposed to announce it but hey I just did. I’m not doing it because I have this thing I’ve learnt – it’s like I got Alex Timbers to do the Moulin Rouge musical – I can never go backwards. I can’t be me when I was 28 doing Romeo & Juliet. But I love handing it on, I’m not precious. I’m like take my baby!”

The most blatant Elvis stage present to do could be a jukebox musical of his life and profession, that includes his biggest hits. Interestingly, this already exists however might maybe be revamped for a brand new era.

The King of Rock and Roll died in August 1977, and simply three months later, Elvis the Musical premiered on the West End stage. Three actors performed him all through his brief 42 years with the center military and film star period, portrayed by a pre-fame Shaken’ Stevens. Not solely that, Tracy Ullman was the Dance Captain. Meanwhile, in 1985, there was a musical West End play known as Are You Lonesome Tonight? about Elvis in his closing hours, with flashbacks to his rise to stardom.