RIALTO CHATTER: Sting & NORMAL's Yorkey to Collaborate on Broadway Musical?

Deadline.com is reporting that Sting and NEXT TO NORMAL's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and lyricist Brian Yorkey. Few details on the nature of the show have been revealed, however it is believed that it is inspired by Sting's memoir, Broken Music.  The show, however, is allegedly not a autobiographical.  No word on whether or not the score would be original.

This would not be Sting's first foray into musical theater.  in 1989 he starring in the Threepenny Opera at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre as Macheath.  He is, of course, best known for his participation in the band, The Police, and subsequent solo career. Brian Yorkey won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in addition to the 2009 Tony Award for best score for his musical, NEXT TO NORMAL.

NEXT TO NORMALwas additionally chosen as "one of the year's ten best" by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, New York Daily News, The Bergen Record, and NY-1 - more than any other musical.

With a thrilling contemporary score, NEXT TO NORMALl is an emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. The musical currently features Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley, Kyle Dean Massey, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat, and Louis Hobson. For tickets and more information, visit www.nexttonormal.com.

 

 

 

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