I found this randomly but was curious. What happened to this?


Paul Arendt
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The Guardian

They call him the Godfather of Metal, the Prince of Darkness and the
Blizzard of Oz. Until recently, though, few considered Ozzy Osbourne
the next Andrew Lloyd Webber. That may be about to change: for the
past few years Osbourne, the former frontman of Black Sabbath and
reality TV hero, has been writing a musical. It is based on the life
of a historical figure who could be considered Osbourne's spiritual
ancestor: Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin, the Russian mystic and
favourite of Tsar Nicholas II's court.

"It's a major achievement for me, because I've always wanted to do
it," said Osbourne. "He's like the original rock star, you know? I
said to myself, 'What better thing to write about?'"
Osbourne and his co-writer Mark Hudson have amassed a double album's
worth of songs, in styles that vary from rock to cossack folk music.

"I always wanted to do a musical for the West End or Broadway,"
Osbourne said. "If it gets picked up it gets picked up, but it was a
lot of fun to do anyway ... being Ozzy Osbourne is great, but if I
don't sing about the fucking devil or bats or whatever, people don't
really want to know."

Osbourne was inspired to write the show after watching a BBC
documentary about Rasputin. Though he came from humble beginnings,
the so-called "Mad Monk" became a leading figure in the Romanov
dynasty during the early 20th century. Rasputin, said Osbourne,
lived the rock'n'roll lifestyle before it was invented. He drank
heavily, was a womaniser, disregarded personal hygiene and was
linked with witchcraft and the occult. He was also famously hard to
kill - his assassins had to poison, shoot and drown him.

Having recorded the songs, Osbourne's team are looking for financial
backers and a scriptwriter. "I want it to be authentic," he
said. "My wife's putting it in a classy kind of presentation box
with a film of Rasputin, and a synopsis and some of the music, so
we're hoping someone will pick it up."

Rasputin's story has been told many times. He has been played by,
among others, Conrad Veidt, Tom Baker and Alan Rickman. But Osbourne
is unlikely to play the role. "If there's an album I'll sing the
part," he said, "but I don't want to go on Broadway."



This would be very very very interesting if it ever came about. I found it on a yahoo group about rasputin.

Does anyone know anything about this (impending) project?