Armistead
Maupin's Tales of the City is slated to head to
the Great White Way, Variety reported Friday.
Armistead
Maupin's Tales of the City is slated to head to
the Great White Way, Variety reported Friday.
Avenue Q book writer Jeff Whitty and
Scissor Sisters bandmates Jason Sellards and John Garden are
penning the musical, due to hit the stage during the
2009–2010 season. The story follows Maupin's
quirky characters as encountered by a young
Midwestern woman in 1970s San Francisco.
While the budget
for the proposed show has not yet been determined,
producers Jeffery Seller, Robyn Goodman, and Kevin McCullum
said they expect the musical to be a large-scale
production. Seller estimated the capital would be no
less than $10 million.
The musical will
mostly include stories from the original 1978 Tales of
the City book, the first of seven in the
series, according to the article. Tales has
been adapted for television in three miniseries that aired
on PBS and Showtime. (The Advocate)
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