opened a lot of eyes as a show that used popular music to become a financial juggernaut. It's the one that proved you can make a lot of money doing this," saysproducer Vivek Tiwary, who was also a producer of the trailblazing Green Day album adaptation. "Now you're seeing popular music permeating every facet of the entertainment industry."
Just as the pop music doc genre is experiencing boom times, buoyed by massive $25 million-plus deals for Billie Eilish and Rihanna films, so too is the Top 40-based Broadway musical, with a slew of high-profile ones heading to the Great White Way, including, a jukebox musical certain to spark controversy given that it centers on Michael Jackson, whose image was substantially dented by 2019's HBO documentaryBut caution reigns among investors, with Broadway still reeling from the epic...
This story first appeared in the Jan. 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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