{"id":259,"date":"2021-04-13T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/everydaysuperheroes\/?p=259"},"modified":"2021-04-11T23:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T03:21:48","slug":"its-a-bird-its-a-plane-no-its-the-man-of-steel-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/everydaysuperheroes\/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-no-its-the-man-of-steel-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Bird……It’s a Plane…..No, It’s the Man of Steel on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most popular superheroes took the jump from page to stage.<\/p>\n

In 1966, creators David Newman and Robert Benton (the same screen writers for the 1978 film\u00a0Superman<\/em>)\u00a0came together to try and figure what Broadway’s next big hit could be.<\/p>\n

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Show poster for “It’s A Bird…”<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They took a leap of faith and thus created the musical “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman.”<\/p>\n

Upon creating the show, Newman and Benton had to talk over the idea with DC Comics.<\/p>\n

The team and DC Comics came to an agreement that the only characters they would be allowed to use\u00a0 were Clark Kent\/Superman, Lois Lane, Perry White and Jimmy Olsen.<\/p>\n

They had to come up with their own unique villian for Superman to face.<\/p>\n

They introduced the character of Dr. Abner Sedgwick who was a mad scientist because of constantly losing the Nobel Prize. The other is Max Mencken who wasn’t fond of Lois Lane swooning over Superman.<\/p>\n

One of the newest members to\u00a0The Daily Planet\u00a0<\/em>team was Sydney Carlton. Her character is known for singing one of the popular songs from the show, “You’ve Got Possibilities.”<\/p>\n