He’s starred on Broadway, headlined the internet sensation
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and hosted the Tony Awards. Now Neil Patrick Harris is adding to his musical resume with an appearance on…
Batman: The Brave and the Bold? The lighthearted
Cartoon Network series recruited the
How I Met Your Mother star for a villainous turn as the Music Meister in a Season 2 episode set to air this fall.
“This is a big obnoxious, Broadway-type musical,” jokes
Brave and the Bold producer James Tucker, who says Harris is “pitch perfect” in "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" as a former band-camp nerd turned megalomaniac. The Music Meister—an amalgamation of various DC Comics villains—“has the power to create song wherever he goes, and he’s trying to dominate the world,” Tucker says, before pointing out that the episode’s “plot itself is just the framework, an excuse to have everybody sing!” Tucker and producer/story editor Michael Jelenic wrote five original songs for the episode.
Harris—whose Broadway credits include a well-reviewed turn as the Master of Ceremonies in the revival of “Cabaret”—makes the episode “something to contend with, as opposed to just a lark,” Tucker says. “It feels polished because of his vocals. And not just his singing, but his acting as the character, too. He nailed it. I showed him some drawings [of the character] and he got it instantly.”
Warner Bros. Animation will screen "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" during its
Brave and the Bold panel at
Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center on Friday, July 24, 10am/PT.