David Bowie revives his “Man Who Fell to Earth” character for musicalApril 3, 2015 - 11:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - David Bowie is bringing his iconic character from 1976's cult film "The Man Who Fell to Earth" to off-Broadway for 2015-2016 season. The musician has written new songs and reworked some previously-recorded material for the stage production, AceShowbiz reports. In the classic Nicolas Roeg movie, Bowie played Thomas Jerome Newton who crash-lands on Earth while seeking water to save his dying home planet. The upcoming stage adaptation titled "Lazarus" is scheduled to debut at the New York Theater Workshop. Instead of reprising his role, Bowie co-wrote the play along with Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh ("Once") based on Walter Tevis' 1963 novel that inspired the movie version. Avant-garde Belgian director Ivo van Hove will helm the stage musical. "It's going to be a play with characters and songs - I'm calling it music theater, but I don't really know what it's going to be like, I just have incredible trust in their creative vision," the theater's artistic director James C. Nicola told New York Times. "I'm really excited about it. These are three very different sensibilities to be colliding." Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |