It was announced on Tuesday evening that Bull Durham, the iconic 1988 comedy from Minor Leaguer-turned-Hollywood director Ron Shelton, is being made into a musical. The production, adapted for the stage by Shelton, is set to premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in September 2014 in advance of a Broadway run.
In addition to helping establish the A-list credentials of Kevin Costner (Crash Davis), Tim Robbins (Nuke LaLoosh) and Susan Sarandon (Annie Savoy), Bull Durham helped start a Minor League Baseball renaissance, not just in the Bulls' home of Durham, N.C., but nationwide. Inspired by the film, moviegoers were moved to seek out their own, oft-neglected teams, helping in its own small way to pave the way toward the industry's current vibrancy. So what better place to read about this breaking story than MiLB.com — the official website of Minor League Baseball?
In an exclusive interview, Shelton and several of his key creative collaborators gathered in a conference room at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel to talk about how the project came to be, adapting to a new medium and, above all, his certainty in its eventual success. As The Great White Way rookie put it: "We've got a composer [Susan Werner] who's never composed for Broadway, a writer who's never written for Broadway and a director [Kip Fagan] who's never directed for Broadway!"
As Crash said:
As Crash said:
"Come on, Rook. Show us that million-dollar arm, 'cause I got a good idea about that five-cent head of yours."
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