![]() I'm not really a great reader of fiction but thought Fitzgerald's book was a delight. And when I found it was so short I read it quite quickly. And, I rather liked the prose extracts that Clark uses. It's really about literary analysis and the first example he uses is "The Great Gatsby" and it piqued my curiosity. ![]() At any event, I was really moved to read it because I had started reading a book by Roy Peter Clark called The Art of X Ray Reading. ![]() Maybe I saw it as a movie and now a new version of the movie has come out. It is an honor to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song.I had the feeling that I had read this book years ago. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism. “It contains some of my favorite lines in literature. “This book has haunted me for a large part of my life,” Welch said in a statement. ![]() It’s also inspired a wide range of movies, shows ballets, and even an online video game, with everyone from Baz Luhrmann to Elevator Repair Service offering their own takes on the classic. An original cast recording will be released by Warner Music.įirst published in 1925, Fitzgerald’s story of Jay Gatsby, a shadowy businessman, and his obsession with socialite Daisy Buchanan has thrilled readers with its lyrical prose and incisive look at the American dream. The production will be co-produced by Access Entertainment. Hannah Giannoulis and James Orange serve as executive producers. The show has been dubbed “The Great Gatsby, A New Musical.” The timeline for a pre-Broadway engagement will be announced at a later date. ![]()
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