Broadway makes way for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu
“Crazy Rich Asians” will get the Broadway musical treatment soon under director Jon M. Chu, who helmed the hit movie starring, from left, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures revealed on Wednesday that director Jon M. Chu will helm a stage musical based on Kwan’s “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy. While the “Crazy Rich Asians” musical will be Chu’s Broadway debut, he’s no stranger to bringing popular stage productions to the screen. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures’ press release described the new “Crazy Rich Asians” musical as “a fun, engaging and hilarious look at what can happen when young love collides with old money.” Chu’s 2018 “Crazy Rich Asians” starred Constance Wu as an Asian American woman struggling to prove herself to her boyfriend’s extravagantly wealthy and extremely selective loved ones in Singapore.
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