From nme.com:
Johnny Cash is the latest musician to have his back catalogue turned into a stage musical. Songs by Cash, who died in 2003 aged 71, will be the basis for Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show, due to to open on Broadway. But Cash himself will not be portrayed in the show, which will instead take the form of a 'jukebox musical' like the Abba production, Mamma Mia, according to the BBC.
Director Richard Maltby explained the decision: "The persona, the voice, are unduplicatable, and the very best we could achieve would be a poor imitation." The show, plans for which were approved by Cash before his death, received rave reviews during a short preview run in Buffalo, New York.
---------
And you know what they say, "As Buffalo goes, so goes Broadway."
No comments:
Post a Comment