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A 'Weird Al' Yankovic Jukebox Musical Is in the Works

The Grammy-winning satirist is working with Beetlejuice and Gutenberg! writers Scott Brown and Anthony King on the project.

May 12, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block



A "Weird Al" Yankovic jukebox musical titled Dare to Be Stupid is officially in development, with the five-time Grammy-winning satirist joining with Beetlejuice and Gutenberg! The Musical! writers Scott Brown and Anthony King to set an original story to a soundtrack of Yankovic's most loved songs. Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge!) will direct, with a production timeline to be announced.

Press notes share that audiences can expect to hear Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" (from Chamillionaire's "Ridin'"), "Amish Paradise" (from Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise), "Eat It" (from Michael Jackson's "Beat It"), "Smells Like Nirvana" (from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), "Like a Surgeon" (from Madonna's "Like a Virgin"), and more.

Seaview is producing.

“Ever since I was a middle-aged man, I’ve always wanted to be a part of the New York theatre community,” says Yankovic in a statement. “Plus, the one thing people always say about Broadway is that it's 'severely lacking in Weird Al-based entertainment,' and I think this musical should fix that problem immediately.”


"I first fell in love with Al’s music with the release of ‘Dare To Be Stupid’ and have remained an avid fan ever since,” says Timbers. “Now, it’s a dream come true to work with one of my comedy heroes bringing an original story set to his beloved songbook to the stage. What Al, Anthony, and Scott are creating is unexpected, subversive, meta, and hilarious and I can’t wait for the world to experience it."

"Dare to Be Stupid feels like the kind of musical that only comes around once in a while—wildly original, deeply funny, and powered by the unmistakable heart that has made ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic a singular voice in American culture,” adds Seaview CEO Greg Nobile. “Beneath the absurdity and the joy, is a show about creativity, individuality, and the freedom to be unapologetically yourself. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with Al, Alex, Scott, and Anthony to bring Weird Al’s singular world to the stage."

Yankovic's songs were previously mined with a 2022 biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, starring Tony winner (and 2026 Tony nominee) Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.

https://playbill.com/article/a-weird...s-in-the-works

I am in. So, so, so very in.

Like "Fly to New York to see it on Broadway with the Original Cast" level-in?
Or like "Will see it when Touring company comes to Minneapolis" level-in?

Because I'm the former.

I texted my daughter and she already knew. And wants to go.

My wife and I are seeing him in concert at the end of June. Pretty excited!

I hope it goes on without a hitch. Check your local show on Ticketmaster. My September show is a sea of Blue Dots. I'm not optimistic this leg of the tour will actually happen.

If the timing works, I'd save up and go for it.

If anyone would actually get me to fly to another state for a concert, it's Pearl Jam, and they did that in 2025.

If anyone would actually get me to fly to NYC for a Broadway show debut, it's "Weird Al" Yankovic, and it looks like he very well may do that in 2027.

Sorry if I've said this before. I searched both this thread and the bio pic thread for 'drugs' and didn't find anything but feel like I might have.

My daughter and I have a running joke whenever the topic of someone being on drugs gets brought up where she asks or says "Like Weird Al?" because of the film. One of my favorite running bits of ours.

202(?). Looks like it will be a while.

Ah, more time to save money for it, then!

My daughter wants to go to NYC for it too. We'll see. She's a sophomore in HS now, she may be in college by the time it hits the stage and we will have to figure that out.

You could 'luck out' like my daughter and have her end up at NYU, then never leave the city. Sucks for almost everything but makes attending big Broadway shows a lot more feasible.

I don't know about that. I took her to Chicago last year and she didn't like how busy it was.I can't imagine her living in NYC full time, lol.

I still blame Greta Gerwig. Don't show your daughter Lady Bird.

Actually now that my daughter is actually employed by NYU, I'm mostly over it.