Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed over the holiday weekend.
Fergie & Josh Duhamel's Last Unicorn Stage Adaptation
Singer-songwriter Fergie and her actor hubby Josh Duhamel are producing an adaptation of The Last Unicorn for the theater. According to The Daily Mail, Duhamel revealed during a recent Comic-Con panel discussion: “We are hoping this will be the most beautiful stage production you've ever seen. That is the goal…Fergie couldn't be here but she says, ‘Go Last Unicorn!’” The best-selling novel The Last Unicorn was penned in 1968 by Peter S. Beagle and was later turned into a 1982 animated feature film starring Alan Arkin, Mia Farrow and Jeff Bridges. We can totally see this on the Great White Way!
Businessman Jailed for Rebecca Scam
A former Long Island stockbroker was sentenced on October 10 to nearly three years in jail for defrauding the producers of the notoriously troubled musical Rebecca. According to The New York Times, Mark C. Hotton agreed to pay $68,000 to the show’s backers and forfeit $500,000 to the government as part of a plea deal.
Full Cast Set for West End's White Christmas
We now know who will be joining the previously announced Aled Jones and Tom Chambers in the West End’s White Christmas. Irving Berlin’s classic tuner will also feature Wendi Peters as Martha, Graham Cole as General Waverley, Rachel Stanley as Betty Haynes and Louise Bowden as Judy Haynes, along with Lori Haley Fox, Michelle Bishop, Phil Cole, Brendan Cull, Jonathan Halliwell and more. You’ll be able to hear those sleigh bells from November 8 through January 3, 2015 at the Dominion Theatre.
London to Get Splurged: Bugsy Malone Returns
Bugsy Malone is set to give a little love to London’s Lyric Hammersmith. After a multi-million pound redevelopment, the theater will re-open from April 11, 2015 with Alan Parker’s classic tuner. Directed by Sean Holmes, it will be the U.K.’s first professional stage production of Bugsy Malone in over a decade. We now have "My Name Is Tallulah" on the brain so have put Jodie Foster singing it in the 1976 movie below. You’re welcome.