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Bob Marley Story Likely To Be Broadway Bound
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 12, 2005
As reported in the Jamaican Observer, a play based on the life of Bob Marley seems likely to head for Broadway. A film was in the works since 1993 but never went anywhere, so Marley's former artistic director, Neville Garrick, believes a play, which is has the working title, "Trench Town Rock" is the way to go.
According to the article, and Garrick, the play would trace Marley's early years and is only one of several projects currently being worked on during this 60th Anniversary of the music legend's birth.
No timeline for the Broadway bound production has been determined as of yet."It would really enlighten people about where he came from and how he grew to become a world-beater in the field of music."According to the Jamaican Observer, "several persons attended auditions at the Countryside Club in Kingston for parts in the planned Bob Marley movie" in 1998. Warner Brothers pulled out of the film because of budgetary reasons.Bob Markey died on May 11, 1981 and was buried in a mausoleum at Nime Miles in St. Ann where thousands of tourists flock to visit on a regular basis.
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