Apparently Michael Jackson’s classic video for “Thriller” is on its way to the theater.

“I love the idea of making ‘Thriller’ a musical,” said producer James L. Nederlander, who has acquired the rights to a stage version of the video. “Girl meets boy, they fall in love, boy has big secret, now what?”

The stage show will include songs from the “Thriller” and “Off the Wall” albums. Clearly it’d have to open with “Wanna Be Startin’ Something,” peak with “Thriller” and close with the melancholic yet hopeful “Human Nature.” Still, who will they get to play Paul McCartney dueling with Michael on “The Girl is Mine,” and will audiences care that they already know Michael will be the victor because he has to take the Jheri-curled, capri-panted and high-heeled female lead to the movies where she will get scared and run out of the theater? The languid strut Michael and his love interest take past the cemetery will have to be adapted for the stage, but would it even be possible to make them mosey slower than they already do in the video? And will the dramatic twist be that Michael’s nefarious underaged ex, Billie Jean, is trying to pin her half-werewolf baby on him?

So many questions.

Source: AP

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