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Legit News: Production aims for May 2010 opening -- Routh/Frankel/Baruch/Viertel Group and PSE Broadway are teaming to produce a new Rialto tuner about the fight to end apartheid in South Africa, based partially on an upcoming memoir by the daughter of Nelson Mandela.
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Mandela Musical Eyes Broadway
A forthcoming memoir on Nelson Mandela will serve as the basis for a new musical about the South African leader's fight to end apartheid, reports Daily Variety. The production will mix historical events with anecdotes from a forthcoming memoir by Zindzi Mandela about growing up in the apartheid...
Nelson Mandela: The Musical to hit Broadway
The turbulent and inspiring life story of Nelson Mandela is to be put on stage. Mandela in his old cell on Robben Island. A musical is to be made of the former South African president's life A group of Broadway producers is planning a show that will tell how he spent 27 years in a South African...
MANDELA MUSICAL EYES BROADWAY: Plus, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking meets former leader while...
*A forthcoming memoir on Nelson Mandela will serve as the basis for a new musical about the South African leader's fight to end apartheid, reports Daily Variety. The production will mix historical events with anecdotes from a forthcoming memoir by Zindzi Mandela about growing up in the apartheid...
Mandela's story to be retold in song, on Broadway
Characters in the current crop of Broadway musicals include a murderous barber, a lovesick mermaid and the Swedish pop band, Abba. Now a new hero is to join them: Nelson Mandela. A leading group of Broadway producers are planning a show that will put to music the story of Mandela's 27 years in...
Nelson Mandela's story to be retold in song, on Broadway
Broadway producers plan show that will put to music the story of Nelson Mandela's life in prison. by Ed Pilkington in New York (The Guardian) Characters in the current crop of Broadway musicals include a murderous barber, a lovesick mermaid and the Swedish pop band Abba. Now a new hero is to join...
Mandela's story to be retold in song, on Broadway
The Guardian Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and daughter Zindzi visit Nelson Mandela in prison. Photograph: Patrick Durand/Corbis Characters in the current crop of Broadway musicals include a murderous barber, a lovesick mermaid and the Swedish pop band Abba. Now a new hero is to join them: Nelson...
Mandela's story to be retold in song
The Guardian Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and daughter Zindzi visit Nelson Mandela in prison. Photograph: Patrick Durand/Corbis Characters in the current crop of Broadway musicals include a murderous barber, a lovesick mermaid and the Swedish pop band Abba. Now a new hero is to join them: Nelson...
Mandela, Bruce Lee coming to Broadway
Bruce Lee and Nelson Mandela are coming to Broadway. Separate musicals about the late martial arts action hero and South Africa's struggle for freedom from apartheid are due to hit the stage in the coming years. "Bruce Lee: Journey to the West" will be a musical telling of the story of his...
Famous fighters limber up to face the music
Bruce Lee and Nelson Mandela are heading for Broadway. Separate musicals about the late martial arts action hero and South Africa's struggle for freedom from apartheid are due to hit the stage in the coming years. Bruce Lee: Journey to the West will tell the story of Lee's success in 2010 or...
Mandela, Bruce Lee musicals eye Broadway openings
Producers have revealed details about two new musical biographies headed to Broadway, with stories about former South African leader Nelson Mandela and martial arts master Bruce Lee set for the stage in 2010 and 2011. Mandela's daughter Zindzi is working on a memoir, which will recount her...
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