Friday, December 19, 2014

"School of Rock" Hitting Broadway

The latest film to get turned into a Broadway musical is 2003's School of Rock, which starred Jack Black. The world premiere is set for the Fall of 2015, and the team working on the adaptation includes Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey. Lloyd Webber will be writing original music, with lyrics penned by Glenn Slater, and Fellowes is writing the book. This will be Lloyd Webber's first Broadway musical since 2005, according to The Hollywood Reporter