Elvis Presley stage musical in the works after Baz Luhrmann Elvis movies | Theatre | Entertainment

Speaking to Dan Morrissey on Magic Radio, Baz confessed: “It’s being worked on, it’s happening yeah. I don’t know if I was supposed to announce it but hey I just did. I’m not doing it because I have this thing I’ve learnt – it’s like I got Alex Timbers to do the Moulin Rouge musical – I can never go backwards. I can’t be me when I was 28 doing Romeo & Juliet. But I love handing it on, I’m not precious. I’m like take my baby!”

The most obvious Elvis stage show to do would be a jukebox musical of his life and career, featuring his greatest hits. Interestingly, this already exists but could perhaps be revamped for a new generation.

The King of Rock and Roll died in August 1977, and just three months later, Elvis the Musical premiered on the West End stage. Three actors played him throughout his short 42 years with the middle army and movie star era, portrayed by a pre-fame Shaken’ Stevens. Not only that, Tracy Ullman was the Dance Captain. Meanwhile, in 1985, there was a musical West End play called Are You Lonesome Tonight? about Elvis in his final hours, with flashbacks to his rise to stardom.