Thriller Coming To Broadway

Did you ever see this one coming? Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ is coming to Broadway.

New York theater owner James Nederlander is producing a musical version of Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video ‘Thriller’ that is expected to hit the Nederlander Theatre sometime in the next few years.

Producers have announced open auditions to find an unknown to play a young Michael Jackson on the West End stage. The young man will be cast as the lead in the musical Thriller – Live when it opens in London this January.

Producers are looking for a “young black, African-American or dual heritage boy aged 11 to 15 with an excellent unbroken pop/rock voice with a high range, who is exciting, confident and energetic.”

“Thriller – Live is an uplifting, feel-good show with incredible choreography and sensational songs that everyone knows and loves – it’s just the sort of escapist entertainment people need to take their minds off how tough life is at the moment.”

Here’s alittle Thriller history:

Michael Jackson’s Thriller is a 14-minute music video for the song of the same name released on December 2, 1983 and directed by John Landis who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jackson. The mini-film music video was broadcast on MTV three weeks before Christmas 1983. It was the most expensive video of its time, costing US$500,000[2], and the Guinness World Records in 2006 list it as the “most successful music video”, selling over 9 million units.

CLICK HERE to go to YouTube and check out the original 14 minute music video.