The hype... is so real. The filmed live on stage version of SIX is happening! Yes at this current time it is only slated for international cinemas, but I feel like it will make its way to American shores before we know it. Probably in theaters and then on streaming and Blu-Ray. Without the information at hand it is very easy to feel antsy, but I am sure once it has had its initial run, much like a show that begins on the West End, (The U.Ks massive theater venue akin to New York's Broadway), it will come here before we know it. Plenty of stage musicals still begin on the West End before coming to Broadway, "Back To The Future" ran on the West End for a long time before coming to Broadway, and Disney is debuting the stage version of "Hercules" in the West End before it comes stateside.
I am hoping this much like the run of "Waitress" in 2022 which is now hitting streaming services but was also available for purchase both in digital and physical formats is the story we are about to see play out. I hope to see purchase releases and hopefully extended theatrical runs if it performs well. I love this musical, and am so glad to see musicals filmed live on stage getting theatrical releases with teaser trailers and such, I am all for proshots and movie adaptations coexisting. I honestly would like more of both, such as movie version and version filmed live on stage like "Les Misérables" or if we were able to get a "Hamilton" movie to stand alongside the version on Disney Plus. I absolutely am in favor of that.
This would also be a great time to rerelease some of the filmed proshots that have aired in theaters with Fathom Events that are on streaming sites, plenty of them air all year round, I even saw the filmed live on stage version of "Newsies" back when it debuted, but did not catch it for the rerelease of it. But I would love to see "Hamilton", "Waitress" even the classic PBS Sondheim taped shows take the big screen. There are tons of events where movies tied together by director or theme are rereleased, especially for anniversaries and such, I just think that putting filmed live on stage productions in movie theaters would be awesome.
That being said, I know the wait will be worth it for this, I loved the teaser, and am waiting with baited breath for the next batch of news. I will definitely review it for this blog, and probably much like proshots I love, will watch it many times over. I hope some other current shows get some filmed live on stage adaptations as well... but while I wait for a filmed version of one of my top five favorite stage shows to come stateside, there was another show about a queen from England, that was a musical live on stage, filmed and put on Netflix.. I think it's time.
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