September 15, 2004     

NOTE FROM JEFF:

Yup, Roger Waters is working on a stage musical
based on the classic 1979 double album about
war, stardom, and alienation.

The Top 7 Surprises in the Broadway
Musical Version of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”

7> Turns out you actually *can* have your pudding, even if you
don’t eat your meat.

6> Twyla Tharp seems unable to inspire dancers to express the
malaise and ennui of World War II England, particularly while
they’re dressed as really big hammers.

5> The theatre will pump in hallucinogenics so the audience
knows what the @#$% is going on.

4> The teachers’ fat and psychopathic wives? Played by Nathan
Lane and Whoopi Goldberg.

3> An upbeat ending in which Bob Geldof ends world hunger.

2> Somehow, you never pictured “Mother” being a tap-dance
number.

and the Number 1 Surprise in the Broadway Musical Version of Pink
Floyd’s “The Wall”…

1> Pink, the rock star spiraling into madness, to be played by
Courtney Love.

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Credits:

Selected from 33 submissions from 10 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brad Wilkerson, Mesa, AZ — 1, 5 (11th #1!)
Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY — 2
Curtis Stoddard, Milwaukie, OR — 3, 7
Dustin Moskowitz, Skillman, NJ — 4, 6, Topic
Will Middelaer, New Britain, CT — 4, 7
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — 4
Shawn McWhorter, St. Paul, MN — 7
Eric Landrieu, Burlington, NJ — RU list name
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro