Regina Spektor To Write Music For Broadway Show
By Jeffrey Hyatt
Regina Spektor has been lured by the Great White Way, trading in alt. pop songs for show tunes. The singer-songwriter will write the music for a planned Broadway musical called Beauty, based on the fairy tale classic “Sleeping Beauty.”
Spektor is set to collaborate with the lyricist Michael Korie (Broadway’s Grey Gardens) and the director Tina Landau (Superior Donuts).
Beauty is tentatively planned for the 2011-2012 Broadway season after an out-of-town tryout.
Beauty is being presented as an expansion of Landau’s 2002 one-act play produced by the La Jolla Playhouse. The updated Beauty uses the 1812 Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty as a jumping-off point for a ‘contemporary and hauntingly provocative story of beauty lost and beauty found,’ according to a press release statement.
Based on her previous work Spektor can definitely do ‘contemporary’ and ‘provocative,’ so right off the bat it seems like a good choice to bring on the talented and eclectic singer/songwriter.
Spektor is also set to appear on “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 10 and will headline at Radio City Music Hall on Oct. 14, part of her current tour of the U.S. and Canada.
Among Spektor’s best-selling albums are “Begin to Hope” and the recently released “far.”
How do you think Regina Spektor will do writing the music for a Broadway show?
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Friday, September 18, 2009 3:03AM
Regina Spektor is by far my favorite musical artist and when I chanced on this page I became extremely excited. I feel that regina spektor will be able to create an eerily beautiful masterpiece.
Friday, September 18, 2009 7:55AM
I'm really looking forward to hearing this; I'm expecting nothing less than quirky and beautiful from Regina's writing. No doubt it will be very different from most musicals, which won't attract the masses, but it could very well go down in history as a (slightly obscure) masterpiece.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:33PM
I am extremely excited about this. The first time my husband heard me listening to her music, he actually thought I was listening to a musical! I have often thought that her songs would make wonderful musicals, so I'm interested to see how she'll write when it will be specifically for broadway. Can't wait!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:59PM
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:58PM
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