The Flaming Lips Take The Great White Way

I personally love going to Broadway shows. My friends, on the other hand, tend to fall asleep when I drag them along. So sometimes theatre can be a little stuffy—A Long Days Journey Into Night is definitely a classic, but in the words of my best friend, “that show is really, really long.” Like you couldn’t figure it out from the title.

Lately, though, it seems Broadway producers are trying to attract a more youthful audience. Not only are there a slew of Disney shows (Tarzan, The Lion King, and the new Little Mermaid), but there’s even a musical adaption of Ms. Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. That’s one I can’t quite picture…. Elle and her pink stationary are cute in the movie, but I think she might be slightly annoying being all perky, and singing at the same time. A little overload maybe.

One I can’t wait to check out—the new show being put together based on The Flaming Lips’ album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Obviously the music is going to be trippy, and great, but with Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) in charge of the script, it’s bound to be awesome. And Mr. Sorkin himself has a little drug history under his belt to add to the already psychedelic music of the Flaming Lips.

While the show focuses mainly on the one album in which a young Japanese girl battles robots, tunes from other Flaming Lips’ album are bound to pop up. The show may be a few years away, but I’ve already started my countdown for tickets.