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Footlight Frenzy: With Michael Aldridge, Rodger Bumpass, Ronald E. House, Anna Mathias. The on-stage and backstage antics of an amateur group attempting to stage a play as a fundraiser to save their children's school.
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was a film that was released before the murders of the Waynes.
Bruce Wayne saw Footlight Frenzy at the Monarch Theatre with his parents on the night that they were murdered by Jack Napier.
A poster for the movie was displayed outside the Monarch Theatre around the day that Bruce returned to lay roses at his parents' death site, and the Joker killed Vinnie Ricorso. If one looked closely, it could be seen in the background while Harold, his wife, and Jimmy visited Gotham City.
Poster Art: Evoked German expressionism in shades of gray, and featured a woman with long fingernails, brunette hair, a devil locks hairstyle, a black leotard, and fishnet stockings. She stood on a stairway, surrounded by slanted buildings in a metropolitan setting.
Genre: Musical
Tagline: Director: Ron House
Music: Diz White
•In real life, a movie with the title Footlight Frenzy was released in 1984. Warner Bros. received permission to use its title, which was all they shared. The real life Footlight Frenzy was partially a farce of stage plays. The poster for the version that was seen in the film seemed to indicate a lavish musical production along the basis of pre-1950s musicals, that was akin to real life, and was similarly titled, Footlight Stampede.
•In Batman Forever, Footlight Frenzy was not mentioned during Bruce's flashbacks. In a deleted scene, Bruce read a passage in the Red Leather Book that read "Martha and I have our hearts set on "Zorro", so Bruce's cartoon will have to wait". That was designed to prove to Bruce that his parents' deaths were not his fault.
•Batman (first and only appearance, by advertisement only)
Oct 5, 2023 · A little school on the verge of closing decides to stage a benefit performance of a new play. Hilarious hijinks ensue as a talentless cast, an egotistical director, and a very bad play combine. Anyone who’s ever performed in little theatre productions will find this all hysterically familiar and those who haven’t will still have lots of fun.
Summary. In a desperate attempt to save their bankrupt "School for Unusual Children", an inexperienced PTA group valiantly mounts an ambitious benefit play, written by a has been Broadway director. His near hysterical direction and the group's questionable talent turn the production into a shambles.
Being active in theater I could not only see but empathize with the cast and the problems that arose. I was sure the cast had gotten together one night and remembered embarrassing and heart stopping moments in shows they did. I think they put them all together and Footlight Frenzy was born.
Footlight Frenzy (TV Movie 1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jun 16, 2008 · In case you were unaware, Footlight Frenzy is an actual play. Paul Rodgers spoke to the creator and star of Footlight Fenzy, Diz White, to find out how the play ended up being used for Batman.
