Twitter Watch: Upcoming LEAP OF FAITH Reading to Feature New Songs & Rewrites

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Alan Menken had this to say about the upcoming LEAP OF FAITH reading: 

@AlMenken: Talk about "changes" - the upcoming LEAP OF FAITH reading will include 4 new songs, plus reprises and tons of rewrites. Stay tuned...

@AlMenken: LIDSVILLE starting to take shape. The songs will be an homage to '60s psychedelic concept-album rock. It'll be fun doing our "research".

Leap of Faith premiered at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles on September 11, 2010 prior to opening on October 3 of that year. Starring Brooke Shields and Raul Esparza, Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford directed and choreographed.

Based on the Steve Martin movie and featuring a score by eight-time Academy Award-winner Alan Menken, book by Janus Cercone with Glenn Slater, and lyrics by Glenn Slater, "Leap of Faith" stars Raúl Esparza as Reverend Jonas Nightengale, the consummate flim-flam man, and Brooke Shields as Marva, the beautiful small-town woman and single mother who challenges everything Jonas believes in.