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From Entertainment Weekly:
The Pixies' abrasive melodies may seem an unlikely choice for an ABBA-style musical, but the stage is being set for a show based on the life of lead singer and 80s college-rock legend) Frank Black. Written and directed by Josh Frank (who assisted the producer of the Janis Joplin bio-play Love, Janis), Teenager Of The Year will include tunes from Black's solo career and his time fronting the Boston-bred rockers. "It's sort of a Beat poem to the 80s and how alternative rock crashed the mainstream party," says Frank, who hopes to open the show Off Broadway in New York City next May or June. Frank has already met with many of Black's friends and colleagues - including ex-Pixies David Lovering and Joey Santiago. He even go the okay from the man in Black himself - after the initial skepticism: "When someone says, 'I'm doing a musical, and you're a major focus of it,' it's hard to take seriously," says Black. "It turns out that he had done a production of a Werner Herzog film (Woyzeck). As soon as I read that, I thought, he's a legit arty-farty." This monkey's gone...to Broadway?
This is very, very interesting - I'm going to have to see this. The curiosity factor is just too high. Anyone interested in tagging along with me once it's open? |
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