One “Great Gatsby” musical arrived on Broadway in the spring, but another with music by the lead singer of Florence + the Machine might not be far behind.
NEW YORK and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Chunsoo Shin has backed numerous Broadway productions, including one based on the film “Rocky” and another inspired by the life of entertainer Charlie Chaplin. But the Korean-born theater impresario had longed to make a musical based on a popular literary work. After assessing various titles’ stage potential, he settled on a personal favorite: “The Great Gatsby,” F.
The great “Gatsby” bake-off has involved a level of full-throttle determination that surprises even the most seasoned producers. Basing shows on known intellectual property is a popular practice in show business, but the possibility of two Gatsbys singing on Broadway reveals the theater industry’s desperation to mine popular titles and lure audiences to their stages.
Chavkin, the director of the A.R.T. version, told the Boston Globe that her show intends to lean into the novel’s critique of society. “To believe in Gatsby is to believe in America, to believe in this promise of ascension and the idea that we’re all created equal, but that’s not really the case,” Chavkin said. “The idea of equality is a myth that people fight to make real every day.
The dual “Gatsby” musicals underscore the love story’s timeless appeal. This fall, New York’s Public Theater is planning on reviving “Gatz,” which features performers reading Fitzgerald’s text word for word for more than six hours on the set of a drab, cluttered office while acting out scenarios of co-workers trading their office tasks for roles in the book.
Hazard clarified that the current Broadway production had made contact with Scribner’s, the novel’s original publisher. During the show’s first preview performance, audience members received a copy of the novel published by Scribner. “A lot more people would have been exposed to than would have been exposed to the novel itself,” said Kirk Curnutt, the executive director of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society.
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