VIDEO: BRIGHT STAR's Steve Martin & Edie Brickell Perform 'Won't Go Back' on 'Tonight'

By: Oct. 30, 2015
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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell stopped by the TONIGHT SHOW to perform "Won't Go Back" from their new album "So Familiar". The Grammy Award winning duo's new musical BRIGHT STAR will be opening on Broadway in 2016. Watch the appearance below!

BRIGHT STAR will begin performances at Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2nd before heading to Broadway in March. The musical had its world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe in 2014.

Inspired by a true event, the wholly original new musical BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and 40s. When successful literary editor Alice Murphy meets an ambitious young soldier just home from World War II, their connection inspires Alice to confront her past. Together they discover a stunning secret with the power to transform their lives.

With music and book by Steve Martin and music and lyrics byEdie Brickell, BRIGHT STAR features direction by Walter Bobbie, choreography by Josh Rhodes, scenic design byEugene Lee, costume design by Jane Greenwood, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, musical supervision by Peter Asher, musical direction and vocal arrangements by Rob Berman, and orchestrations by August Eriksmoen. BRIGHT STAR was developed and had its world premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego (Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director; Michael G. Murphy, Managing Director).

Photo: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC


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