The Disney folks have announced they're going to turn William Goldman's fine book and screenplay, The Princess Bride, into a stage production. They don't have a creative team to announce yet and they aren't sure if it'll be a musical. Seems to me this is a good idea and it oughta be a musical…
My name is Inigo Montoya
It's time for the attack
And I don't mean to annoy ya
But I want my father back!
And there should be a song called "Inconceivable!" and one called "As You Wish" and if they can do it without sounding like a tune in Spamalot, a number called "Only Almost Dead." They can buy all the leftover Shrek costumes from Dreamworks, spray them and use them for the Andre the Giant part. Oh — and they can round up all the ticket scalpers on Broadway, deslime them a bit and have them play the Giant Eels.
Seriously, it's a great notion and I'll bet they cast some great old "name" actor to play the Grandfather who, while one scene is being struck and the next is being set up, narrates a hunk of the story to his Grandkid. I wanna be there when this thing opens. Heck, I wanna be there when they have the open casting call for a "Mandy Patinkin type." Bet Mandy shows up and is told he's all wrong for it.