Maybe a stage adaptation of Tommy Wiseau's magnum opus, The Room, starring Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda is not such a bad idea.
'The Room' On Broadway
On Sunday, April 1, the singer/actor shared an article that announces The Room: The Broadway Musical. The production will also include Mark Rylance (Dunkirk, Ready Player One) as Johnny, Justin Guarini (In Transit, From Justin to Kelly) as Mark, and Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex) as Lisa.
Miranda penned 30 songs from the musical and, under his guidance, The Room has the capacity and star-power to follow the steps of Hamilton and become the next Broadway darling.
Except, it was not real. The article was Theater Mania's viral April Fool's Day prank.
The singer-songwriter played along by saying that the announcement was premature. He quoted the article, explaining that they will test-drive the musical first in a venue in San Francisco.
He, along with Theater Mania, duped a few readers, but many are disappointed that it was not real. A Twitter user even launched a Change.org petition to make The Room: The Broadway Musical into reality and, as of this writing, it already collected nine signatures.
You have no idea how excited I was about this. Damn it. Can someone make this real?— Nietzsche Minaj (@shannieface) April 1, 2018
what makes me upset here is that i've wanted this to be made for years now, dont punk me — bring on rwenty jighteen (@spellbang) April 1, 2018
*whispers to self* "I so wish this was a real thing." — PRA (@pranyc77) April 1, 2018
damn i wish this was real like the opening song would be "hi mark" or something— (@haiaielperez) April 1, 2018
Hell I got excited.... — chicken.nuggs. (@chickennuggs6) April 2, 2018
Eventually, Miranda admitted that the announcement was a prank and, as a treat, he also shared a throwback photo from when he and the cast of Hamilton watched The Room.
So this was a great joke and all (WELL DONE @theatermania & @avb I take no credit)
but WE REALLY DID watch The Room while workshopping Hamilton at Vassar. Look: pic.twitter.com/uVjNKWEpcN— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) April 1, 2018
Hopefully, the interest surrounding the fake Broadway production could eventually make way for The Room musical. Wiseau, who starred and directed the 2003 movie, is currently busy promoting his new movie Best F(r)iends, but one can assume that he would be interested in the musical.
'Found/Tonight' Update
Meanwhile, Miranda and Ben Platt released a mashup of Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen to support the survivors of the Parkland school shooting. The single, according to Billboard, shot to no. 1 of the Digital Song Sales chart shortly after its release.
The track was downloaded 61,000 times during its first week and crossed 2.1 million streams in the United States.
It also appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 where it nabbed the 49th spot.
