June 29, 2009

Jerry Lewis to bring 'Nutty Professor' to Broadway

Jerry Lewis is aiming to make his Broadway directorial debut with a new Marvin Hamlisch-musical based on the 1963 comedy “The Nutty Professor.”

The film, which starred and was co-written by Lewis, was remade in 1996 with Eddie Murphy.

The new musical is aiming for a Broadway debut in the 2010/2011 season.

“I was born with show business in my blood and working on Broadway gets it coursing through my veins like no other place can. Marvin and Rupert have given one of my favorite and most enduring films ‘The Nutty Professor” a hilarious and gorgeous adaptation for Broadway and I could not be happier. Does this story sing and dance? You bet it does,” the 83-year old Jerry Lewis says in a news release today announcing the show.

Casting will be announced later this year.

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June 29, 2009 1:24 PM in Broadway

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