''Zombie Broadway'', or ''Dave Stewart's Zombie Broadway'', is a

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created by

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, David Harris, Christine Schenley, and illustrated by Daveki Neogi. ''Zombie Broadway'' is published by Virgin Comics. It tells the story of a zombie outbreak in

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that can only be quelled by the song and dance of the Broadway stage. Stewart plans to turn the concept into a musical.

Plot

In ''Zombie Broadway'', the human population of

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

has been decimated to the point where the only survivors are a few unlucky civilians and a bunch of stuck-up Broadway effetes. The acting mayor (the others have been eaten or killed) of New York has convinced the President to try taming the zombies through theater before the ultimate resolution of dropping a nuclear bomb on the city. The story of ''Zombie Broadway'' takes the form of an

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, full of violence and humor.

Publication

''Zombie Broadway'' was published in March 2008 by Virgin Comics. Recently, Virgin and Stewart began a ''Zombie Broadway'' karaoke contest via YouTube where contestants send videos of themselves singing the title song from the planned Broadway adaptation.

Film adaptation

In 2014, Stewart hired

Jonas Åkerlund Hans Uno Jonas Åkerlund (; born 10 November 1965) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter, music video director, and drummer. His video for Madonna's song "Ray of Light" won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form, and a record of fiv ...

to direct the feature film adaptation and Cole Haddon will adapt the comic.

References

External links

Zombie Broadway at Virgin Comics homepage
2008 non-fiction books 2008 comics debuts Horror graphic novels Virgin Comics titles Zombies in comics {{2000s-graphic-novel-stub