Once we interviewed her final 12 months forward of latest album Neon Gray Midnight Inexperienced, Neko Case mentioned issues had been in movement with the Thelma & Louise musical she’s been engaged on for a decade. Now it is lastly going to debut.
Case introduced on her Substack at present that the present will run Sept. 3 by way of Oct. 24 on the Younger Vic Theater in London. Tickets go on sale April 23, or April 20 for many who have already got precedence reserving. Case wrote the music and lyrics, whereas Callie Khouri, who wrote the unique Thelma & Louise screenplay, did the e-book. Journey Cullman will direct.
A phrase from Case:
I shall be in London a lot of the summer time serving to placed on the ending touches and rehearsing. (no, I’m not performing.) I’m so happy with everybody and I hope you’ll be a part of us if you happen to can. Fingers crossed, all people! Right here goes! XO
Case’s New Pornographers bandmate Carl Newman wrote on Instagram that he contributed to the venture:
That is sort of loopy. Within the works since 2019, I wrote some music for this Neko Thelma & Louise musical that’s lastly hitting the stage in London on the Outdated Vic this September. Potential UK journey sooner or later? I am as curious as you might be.
This is an excerpt from our Case interview:
How does this stage model differ from the movie?
One of many issues we actually needed to do within the present was make the boys much less cartoonish. The boys had been sort of caricatures of features of males; they weren’t full males. So we’re working laborious to be sure that the boys within the story are usually not caricatures and that they are actual individuals, and that they perceive their half in what’s occurring and so they understand how a lot they should lose and the way all of us lose with patriarchy. And the ladies take credit score for his or her half within the silly dance of the relationships of women and men and, you already know, taking part in laborious to get, not telling any person you are mad, or simply these bizarre avoidance dances and the way a lot time we waste not saying how we really feel.
What’s your background with musicals?
When Callie [Khouri, who wrote the original screenplay] known as me to do that, I used to be like, “Callie, I do not know something about fucking musicals. I can not even learn music.” And he or she was like, “Nope, that is the explanation I need you to do it.” And I used to be like, “Okay, however I am going to in all probability want a lot of assist.” So all these years later, I have not needed to bend myself too laborious. But when I get fired tomorrow — which I might, you already know, and I’ve all the time recognized that for the reason that starting; this will additionally by no means occur, it might by no means make it to Broadway — it has been a masterclass in songwriting and storytelling.
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