
David Beckham has some really devoted fans. So devoted that someone has decided to create a musical about him.
Seriously.
The musical is expected to be titled David Beckham - The Theatre of Dreams.
The show's creator, Mark Archer, says "Beckham’s story is a modern-day fairytale of heroes, villains, love, Manchester United and what it means to lead your country."
Seems like Beckham's done a lot at only 33 years-old.
Archer adds, “His rise from obscurity to international stardom, his universally acknowledged gifts as a supreme sportsman, and his Hollywood lifestyle all have the elements of an aspirational fable."
“With football and celebrity now firmly established as new secular Western religions,' Archer continues, "The Theatre of Dreams is set within a cheering football stadium – the modern-day church. The music is powerful, gospel-like rock to establish clearly football and Manchester United as a religion.’’
The musical concept is being described as "Throw in the sub-plots of a glamorous spouse (Posh Spice), the reported tensions with his father (Ted Beckham) and father figure (Sir Alex Ferguson) and the stage represents a natural home for a man now based in Hollywood."
Put to song will be Beckham's life in England during the '90s.
Along with a song about meeting Posh Spice, one about reaching France in 1998, and another about the difficulties he encountered under Glenn Hoddle and encountered with Diego Simeone in St-Etienne.
And Archer adds, there will also be "crying on his dad’s shoulders as the Argentinians laughingly taunt him with La Folie and he becomes the scapegoat figure of hatred for the whole country in Villain of the Peace.’’
It's not worth going to see unless the actor looks almost exactly like Beckham.
[Image via WENN.]
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