BECOMING CHAPLIN, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis, will open on Broadway in the 2012-2013 season. Acclaimed director/choreographer Warren Carlyle (Finian’s Rainbow, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway) directs and choreographs the production. Broadway theatre, casting, additional creative team and dates to be announced.
From the slums of London to the heights of Hollywood, BECOMING CHAPLIN is the showbiz Broadway musical about the silent film legend the world couldn’t stop talking about - Charlie Chaplin. The brand new 22-person musical reveals the man behind the legend, the undeniable genius that forever changed the way America went to the movies.
BECOMING CHAPLIN will be produced on Broadway by Bob and Mindy Rich (who together head Rich Entertainment Group, a division of Rich Products Corporation, Roy Gabay (Fela!, The Little Dog Laughed, Steel Magnolias), and John and Claire Caudwell (John is a high profile UK entrepreneur, philanthropist and champion of many charitable causes including his own charitable foundation “Caudwell Children”), with additional producers to be announced. Bob and Mindy Rich and John and Claire Caudwell are also collaborating in this season’s Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
The new musical comes to Broadway following the popular success of a production at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2010, under the name Limelight. Of the transfer to Broadway, producers Bob and Mindy Rich said, “We were thrilled that La Jolla audiences responded so positively to what was then Limelight, and we have taken the necessary time since that production to restructure the musical for Broadway audiences. Charlie Chaplin holds such an iconic place in the history of the entertainment world and indeed of the 20th century. BECOMING CHAPLIN, a new musical penned by respected film composer Christopher Curtis, a fresh voice to the musical theatre, and three-time Tony-winning writer Thomas Meehan, will not only give audiences insight into the life and career of this fascinating man, but also explore the factors that launched him from a young artist struggling to make a name for himself to an entertainment icon. Helmed by one of Broadway’s best director/choreographers, Warren Carlyle, BECOMING CHAPLIN brings the legend back to life for 2012 audiences.”
For more information, visit:
www.BecomingChaplinBroadway.com
