KENNEDY Musical Aims for Broadway in 2013

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 2:03pm

Kennedy Musical, Celebrating the Legacy of John F. Kennedy, Aiming for Broadway in 2013

By Michael Gioia, Playbill.com

24 Jul 2012
Kennedy, a remake of the 1983 musical One Shining Moment, is aiming for a Broadway bow in November 2013. The production commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy.

Proscenium Productions will present the musical in a Chicago workshop this summer, with a full production scheduled to launch by year's end.

The original authors and composers of One Shining Moment, Allan Jay Friedman (Winnie the Pooh) and Leslie Bricusse (Jekyll & Hyde), are revising the script and score.

"We are delighted to have been asked to remake One Shining Moment," said composer-playwright Friedman in a statement. "Our goal for this revised and up-to-date version, which we call Kennedy, is to have people walking away with the feeling of hope, re-empowerment and the realization that you may be able to destroy the dreamer, but not the dream. We want to restore truth, idealism and our freedoms in a world much in need of these lost values and priorities and make the world a safe and noble place for children."

Bricusse added, "JFK was an iconic hero, not only in the United States, but throughout the world. The inspiration and lessons we learn from his life along with the impact of his death carry as much or perhaps even more importance and power today as they did a half-century ago."

One Shining Moment opened in May 1983 at Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre.

For more information, visit ProsceniumProductions.com.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 2:46pm

Will Ivy or Iowa play Marilyn? Season 3 starts next fall ONLY on NBC.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 3:24pm

The man who wrote "Paris Makes Me Horny" will be putting words in JFK's mouth. Delightful news.

[Playbilly]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:01pm

"The production commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy."

That is a...LIE! It exploits the anniversary of his death.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:14pm

The question begs, "Why?"

[philly03]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:19pm

Its hard to believe Leslie Bricusse has this much going on at 81.. Jekyll and this on Broadway next year!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:40pm

This is the very last thing "Bombshell!" needs.

[evic]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:59pm

Who is playing Lee Harvey Oswald?....what a horrible idea. Bet they try to get Katie Holmes for Jackie.

[Overkill]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 5:07pm

I don't know, it has potential to be something good. I'd rather go see an original bio-musical than a movie redone for the stage any day! Why should I shell out $100 to see a movie I can watch on Netflix? I digress - I'm excited to see what they do with it.

[JulesReverie]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 5:26pm

Ten bucks says they try to get Aaron Tveit for Jack Kennedy (...come to think of it he does have the hair)

[bk]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 6:41pm

I'll just ask the obvious question: What musical either playing or not playing ANYWHERE isn't aiming for Broadway in 2013? Because I've counted about seventy of them.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 6:54pm

Oh, dear. And with Leslie Bricusse, of all people! (This is not to say I don't love some of his work, but I don't think gravitas is his specialty.)

If Billy Wilder was correct that Norma Desmond required an opera, how can JFK be done justice by anything else?

[madlibrarian]

Posted: 7/24/12 at 7:40pm

The show was produced 29 years ago and may NOW come to Broadway? 29 years? Is that some kind of record?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/25/12 at 3:36pm

The man who wrote "Paris Makes Me Horny" will be putting words in JFK's mouth.

OR

The man who wrote "What Kind of Fool Am I?" will be putting words in JFK's mouth!