Posted on 07/11/2018 4:19:27 PM PDT by SMGFan
The latest classic TV show to get the musical treatment has been announced: CBS’s mid-60s hit Green Acres, about a married couple who’s made it in New York, only to return to the simple life on a country farm.
The show is officially in the works after years of trying to get it off the ground; way back in 2012, Variety reported that a stage production of Green Acres was in the “beginning stages,” but nothing came of the effort. It’s finally come together as part of the launching of Center Stage Capital, Inc., a new entertainment company set to present a portfolio of original musicals bound for Broadway and Off-Broadway. Green Acres The Musical will be produced by Center Stage Capital’s CEO Pam Laudenslager and Chief Operating Officer Colleen Lober, as well as TV veteran Richard Chapman.
Here’s the show’s official synopsis: “Green Acres The Musical is a fast-paced, contemporary story that features the best in comedy, music and dance. This is the spirited musical comedy love story of Oliver and Lisa Douglas. He is a high-powered, Manhattan attorney and she is an aspiring fashion designer and, together, they are living ‘the good life’ in New York City. Faced with the overwhelming pressure to run his family’s law firm and live up to his father’s reputation, Oliver longs for the simple life, but New York and all that it has to offer is Lisa’s perfect world. What happens when two people in love find themselves wanting opposite lives sends us on a journey that is both hilarious and filled with heart.”
(Excerpt) Read more at ew.com ...
Kimble, to Douglas: Now, what’s your name again?
Douglas, annoyed: Mr. Kimble!
Kimble: Wow, you have the same name as me!
Funniest **** ever!
Will it get a modern update so they have to climb the pole to get cell coverage?
Will it get a modern update so they have to climb the pole to get cell coverage?
I’m having trouble figuring out how the homos will fit in.
There are some moments of Green Acres that are so hilarious they are unbelievable!
This trend of revamping old shows and movies is just lazy. It is easier to copy than create.
:)
I remember they had at least one spin off: Petticoat Junction.
Apparently, county agenting is serious business.
Calhoun: County Agent with Jackie Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck - part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4E3KgFdZE
So gay
I thought Mr. Kimball was, by far, the best character on the show..... Okay, maybe not by far, but he was certainly the best.....Well, not the best, but he was pretty good..... Actually, he was.....what was the question again?
Just ask McCloud LOL
That’s Him !!! Hilarious!!!
Oh wait....as it turns out, I had it backwards. “Green Acres” was the spin off of “Petticoat Junction”. All these years, I had it wrong. :-0
I need to use that at our next staff meeting ... Lol !!!
You got it backwards.
Petticoat Junction was created upon the success of Paul Henning's previous rural/urban-themed sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). The success of Petticoat Junction led to a spin-off, Green Acres (1965–1971).
Rachel Dolezal could get a sex change.
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