Odds & Ends: David Fincher Working on Fight Club Rock Opera, Idina Menzel Keeps Her Word & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.

David Fincher Working on Fight Club Rock Opera
The long-in-the-works Fight Club musical may actually make it to the boards. Chuck Palahniuk, who penned the 1996 novel Fight Club, told the WSJ that David “Fincher is so dedicated to producing Fight Club as a rock opera now.” Fincher helmed the Brad Pitt and Edward Norton-led 1999 film adaptation. Apparently the director has been consulting with Julie Taymor (The Lion King) about the stage show, and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is working on a score. However, we still have a while to wait for the story of a secret underground community where men come to fight each other to come to the stage; Palahniuk estimates that “at the earliest it would be two years out.”

Colin Donnell Set for NBC's Chicago Med
Colin Donnell, who was last seen on Broadway in Violet and is engaged to fellow stage fave Patti Murin, has been tapped for new NBC drama Chicago Med. According to The Hollywood Reporter, there's no word yet on who Donnell will be playing in the show, which is a spinoff of Chicago Fire and stars Tony nominees Oliver Platt and S. Epatha Merkerson.

Ben Whishaw & Bertie Carvel Team Up at Almeida
If you’re in London this summer, then this show should be on your radar. Stage and screen star Ben Whishaw, Matilda Tony nominee Bertie Carvel, Kevin Harvey and more will headline Bakkhai at the Almeida Theatre. James Macdonald will direct Anne Carson’s new version of Euripides’ hedonistic tragedy, using three actors and a chorus, echoing the original Ancient Greek performance model. The production will play a limited engagement July 23 through September 19, with opening night set for July 30.

Idina Menzel Keeps Her Word
Idina Menzel has embarked on her much-buzzed about world tour and she's making good on her promise to "try and sing the chorus or something in another language" when she belts out "Let It Go." Check out below the Broadway supernova singing her Frozen anthem in Korean—and getting over a slight flub in the lyrics in the most adorable way.