Craig Zadan Offers Update On Next NBC Live Musical: 'One Will Be Coming For The Holidays'; Announcement Monday?

By: Mar. 29, 2015
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Will it be THE WIZ or THE MUSIC MAN or maybe something else entirely?!

Producer extraordinairre Craig Zadan has provided a series of exciting updates this weekend about the forthcoming live NBC holiday musical, which is now narrowed down to two prospective properties according to Zadan and could be officially announced by the network as soon as tomorrow.

Previously, BroadwayWorld reported that both classic Golden Age musical THE MUSIC MAN (here) and 1970s Oz-inspired R&B musical THE WIZ (here) were both announced as potential titles for future presentations by the network, though Zadan remains mum in his tweets so far as to whether or not these are the two prime musicals still in contention for the coveted holiday primetime slot.

Zadan first posted on Friday, "Everyone's asking what our next Live musical will be for NBC for holiday season. Trying to decide this weekend & get started. Stay tuned."

He followed up yesterday, sharing, "Hope we're able to complete creative meetings today & Sun so we can tell you Mon which musical we're going to pick for our next NBC Live!"

After that, Zadan tweeted, "Thanks everyone for tweeting ideas & suggestions for next live musical for NBC. Now down to 2 shows. One will be for the coming holidays."

Today, Zadan provided a further update on the progress of the project, writing, "A GOOD WORK weekend. Closer to pinning down our next NBC Live musical. Assuming today goes well, we'll be able to tell everyone very soon."

Follow Craig Zadan on Twitter here.

Currently, Zadan and his producing partner Neil Meron are shepherding a big screen film version of Broadway classic PIPPIN as well as acting as the producing team behind the hotly anticipated SMASH reunion event to benefit The Actors Fund via the Kickstarter-funded live BOMBSHELL concert in June, among other projects, in addition to providing NBC with yet another live musical presentation to follow up 2013's THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! and last year's PETER PAN LIVE!

So, what musical would you ideally enjoy seeing NBC present as this year's live holiday event - THE MUSIC MAN, THE WIZ or something else entirely? According to this late-breaking news, we may have the final selection as soon as tomorrow at this time! Stay tuned to BroadwayWorld, as always, for everything on the matter until then.

Photo Credit: NBC



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