Tracy Letts & David Cromer collaborating on James Taylor musical

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 3/17/25 at 4:10pm

Titled FIRE AND RAIN

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 3/17/25 at 4:50pm

I wonder if this will be in the same vein as Girl from the North Country.  Bleak and somber.

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/17/25 at 5:41pm

I am not a fan of Jukebox musicals but I have seen seen around 20 1/2  since the 70's. (I left at intermission for one) I paid to see 4 of them. I LOVED "Girl From the North Country" and may have liked "...North Country" the most because I was only familiar with 2 songs in the show so, for me, it was like hearing an original score. I am just not interested in spending money to see a show with music that I have had for years in my personal library. That's just me.

I am a huge James Taylor fan. Reading that this will have an original story makes me want to see it. Glad it isn't a bio type musical. I just hope it is a good story. I like both Letts' and Cromer's work so I am hoping this will be good! This, I will pay to see.  JMO

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/17/25 at 5:53pm

With Nederlander producing and the two having the Steppenwolf connection this will probably premiere with Broadway in Chicago.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/17/25 at 6:16pm

James Taylor is definitely an artist I appreciate very much, but never loved, and I’m an over the jukebox musical trend. But there’s no collaboration more likely to get me to buy tickets than Letts and Cromer. 

[BETTY22]

Posted: 3/17/25 at 6:24pm

I'm so over the jukebox musical, however, i do love James