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| Wildhorn & Black Will Make Bonnie & Clyde Sing at La Jolla in Fall 2009 By Kenneth Jones 05 Jun 2009 La Jolla Playhouse will stage the world premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde, by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Ivan Menchell, starting in November 2009, replacing the musical The Big Time. Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River) will direct the new show about the Depression-era American criminals. Music is by Tony nominee Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics are by Tony Award winner Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance) and the book is by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). Performances will play Nov. 10–Dec. 20 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre in La Jolla, CA. Wildhorn told Playbill.com on June 5, "When I started working on this show, no one was talking about Bonnie & Clyde. Now, two new books have been published, a remake of the Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway classic film is in production, and the FBI recently released close to a thousand pages of classified memos on the infamous couple. "Clearly, they are once again piquing the interest of a troubled America. This has been a musical challenge unlike any I've known before. These are the most incredible and intriguing characters I've given a musical voice to. "Until now, the characters I've written for have been fictional; I've taken theatrical emotions and tried to make them real. With Bonnie and Clyde, I'm taking real emotions and making them theatrical. The exciting libretto, with its danger, pathos and comedy, has inspired a score from country to Texas blues, from gospel to ragtime." |
