Wildhorn to score CHIMNEY TOWN musical adaptation

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.

I'm assuming this will be in English and targeting an English language market first? Does anyone have any details?

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.

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!