Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#1
Posted: 10/30/25 at 1:39pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Frank-Wildhorn-to-Pen-Original-Score-for-Akihiro-Nishinos-CHIMNEY-TOWN-THE-MUSICAL-20251030
Composer Frank Wildhorn has joined the creative team of Chimney Town the Musical, the theatrical adaptation of Poupelle of Chimney Town, the book-turned-anime film from Akihiro Nishino. Details regarding an upcoming full-scale production of the show, with score by Wildhorn, will be revealed shortly.
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#2
Posted: 10/30/25 at 2:00pm
Wildhorn's post-comeback comeback being almost exclusively anime adaptations fascinates me.
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#3
Posted: 10/30/25 at 2:28pm
I'm assuming this will be in English and targeting an English language market first? Does anyone have any details?
Broadway Star Joined: 11/18/13
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#4
Posted: 10/30/25 at 2:29pm
Sure, why the hell not?
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#5
Posted: 10/30/25 at 4:08pm
hyangsoo said: "I'm assuming this will be in English and targeting an English language market first? Does anyone have any details?
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His last two anime musicals were written and workshopped in English, then translated to Japanese and premiered overseas.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#6
Posted: 10/30/25 at 4:11pm
A version of this show has been around for a few years already. They even officially released a full pro-shot for free online, with English subtitles, of the older version (which I think has songs by Japanese composer/s, not by Wildhorn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYPy4vh3_dQ . (Not sure if that will be taken down eventually.)
According to the website at https://musical.chimney.town/, when put through Google Translate, "From the beginning, the aim of this work was to be performed around the world, starting with Broadway in New York, and a company has now been established in New York, where they are continuing to update the work and work with local creators as they work towards a Broadway performance."
Incidentally, I think the story has a Halloween theme, which is timely. Here's a song from the old version on that theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpCjYh2bNfw .
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#7
Posted: 10/31/25 at 9:45am
Fan123 said: "A version of this show has been around for a few years already. They even officially released a full pro-shot for free online, with English subtitles, of the older version (which I think hassongs by Japanese composer/s, not by Wildhorn):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYPy4vh3_dQ. (Not sure if that will be taken down eventually.)
According to the website athttps://musical.chimney.town/,when put through Google Translate, "From the beginning, the aim of this work was to be performed around the world, starting with Broadway in New York, and a company has now been established in New York, where they are continuing to update the work and work with local creators as they work towards a Broadway performance."
Incidentally, I think the story has a Halloween theme, which is timely. Here's a song from the old version on that theme:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpCjYh2bNfw."
Thank you for the info!
Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation#8
Posted: 10/31/25 at 11:12am
Loved Wildhorn’s score for Death Note, so am interested to see how how this turns out.
Interesting that he’s has been doing a lot of anime adaptations lately. However it doesn’t seem like anime is an area a lot of American theater writers are flocking to, despite its exploding popularity in the US. Broadway always seems to be a decade or two behind pop culture trends.
So in that light, it kinda makes sense for him to carve out a niche for himself since no other prominent theater composers / writers are in that space now.
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