Actor and musician John Stamos is thought for lending his abilities to bands like The Seaside Boys, however now he’s stepping into a really totally different path. Stamos has recorded a track for Willy’s Sweet Spectacular, an upcoming stay musical that takes inspiration from a a disastrous Willy Wonka-inspired occasion in Scotland earlier this yr. He sings on a brand new observe the manufacturing launched Monday.
The occasion that impressed the musical made headlines after it used lush, AI-generated photographs to draw clients to what it billed as an “immersive expertise” that might trasport Willy Wonka followers to a “magical realm.” In actuality, this “immersive expertise” was held at a shabby wearhouse in Glasgow, Scotland that was so miserable that attendees in comparison with a meth lab.
This viral information story impressed The Little Mermaid Stay producer Richard Kraft, and his Kraft-Engel Productions, to show that occasion right into a musical parody.
The track that includes Stamos explores the top of the world, linking it to the disastrous viral Wonka expertise. Different songs launched Monday embrace “Dreamed to Dream” which options TikTok singers The Sharpe Household and Kirsty Paterson, who performed the the unhappy Oompa Loompa within the precise Willy Wonka viral occasion.
“We love musicals with epic opening numbers. And we thought — what could possibly be extra epic than John Stamos singing concerning the finish of humanity and linking our species’ demise to an underwhelming immersive expertise in Scotland?” mentioned songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, identified for ABC’s As soon as Upon a Time.
The parody musical options songs from Riki Lindhome, Tova Litvin and Doug Rockwell and Daniel Mertzlufft. It’s anticipated for a launch later this yr, with a stage studying set for the Edinburgh Fringe Fest at in August.