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Posted: 12/21/07 at 10:43am
"Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien — whose most recent Tony was for his direction of the Tom Stoppard trilogy, The Coast of Utopia — has found his latest stage project.
London's Daily Mail reports that O'Brien will direct the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. According to previous reports, the sequel is titled Phantom in Manhattan and is based on Frederick Forsyth's novel "The Phantom of Manhattan."
The London paper says much of the music for the sequel has been written, although the book and the lyrics are proving more difficult. Ben Elton, who collaborated with Lloyd Webber on The Beautiful Game, had worked on the show, but the results were less than satisfying. Now, novelist Forsyth is back working on the book.
The creative team will also include Tony-winning designer Bob Crowley, who worked with O'Brien on Coast of Utopia. The show will most likely be mounted in 2009..."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113725.html
London's Daily Mail reports that O'Brien will direct the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. According to previous reports, the sequel is titled Phantom in Manhattan and is based on Frederick Forsyth's novel "The Phantom of Manhattan."
The London paper says much of the music for the sequel has been written, although the book and the lyrics are proving more difficult. Ben Elton, who collaborated with Lloyd Webber on The Beautiful Game, had worked on the show, but the results were less than satisfying. Now, novelist Forsyth is back working on the book.
The creative team will also include Tony-winning designer Bob Crowley, who worked with O'Brien on Coast of Utopia. The show will most likely be mounted in 2009..."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113725.html
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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