As told to (& by) Alan Boyd, there ARE allegedly plans to turn the MOUNT VERNON AND FAIRWAY musical fairytale into A MUSICAL for kids!
Unfortunately (?) it ain't gonna be based upon my own cinematic take on the tale:
http://daftfilm.tripod.comOR on Alex Brennan's even wilder treatment: The Last SMiLE Of The Pied Piper:
http://www.earcandymag.com/missedgold2004.htmhttp://earcandy_mag.tripod.com/brianfanmixes3-04.htmLet's just hope that this project has better luck than the earlier plans to musicalize Van Dyke Parks' "JUMP"/Brer Rabbit volumes - which ended in tragedy.
Anyone here knows more about this Vernon & Fairway prospect??