Regina Spektor to Write Broadway Musical
Singer finds Beauty in Fairytale Adaptation
Sep 17, 2009
As reported by Playbill, songstress Regina Spektor is taking her quirk to the Great White Way. The singer/songwriter is set to collaborate with writer Tina Landau and lyricist Michael Korie on Beauty—a modern take on Grimm fairytale, Sleeping Beauty. As described by Playbill, the the play is "an expansion of Landau's 2002 acclaimed one-act play produced by the La Jolla Playhouse; Beauty uses the 1812 Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty as a jumping off point for a contemporary and hauntingly provocative story of beauty lost and beauty found."
The production is slated for a spot in the 2011-2012 Broadway season.
In other Regina Spektor news, the musician is set for an October 10th performance on Saturday Night Live.
(via NME)
(www.reginaspektor.com)
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