David Byrne On Real Life Inspiration For HERE LIES LOVE

David Byrne talks shop, and shoes!

The famed composer behind the Public Theater's highly acclaimed Off-Broadway environmental biomusical HERE LIES LOVE discusses his inspiration for the unusual theatre piece in a new video interview now available to view.

Byrne remarks of historically-based HERE LIES LOVE central figure Imelda Marcos, "She's a character... I read she had a disco ball installed in her New York townhouse on one floor - effectively one floor turned into a disco."

Furthermore, Byrne says, "I thought, 'She's really living the life and has the music going all the time in her life."

Byrne adds of the impetus for the musical, "I thought, 'I wonder if there's a way to tell it through the music she already has surrounding her.'"

The official description of HERE LIES LOVE is as follows: "HERE LIES LOVE is the revolutionary musical experience from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim that's being called "A LIFE-GIVING, ROOF-RAISING, BOOTY-SHAKING BLAST OF PURE JOY!" (Vogue). This thrillingly immersive show retraces the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos from her meteoric rise to power to her descent into infamy and the People Power Revolution. An adrenaline-fueled, 360-degree multimedia spectacle, HERE LIES LOVE blends the passion of politics with heart-pounding dance beats for an exhilarating and completely unmissable event. Alex Timbers (Rocky, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) directs this never-seen-anything-like-it production. POWER TO THE PARTY!"

More information on HERE LIES LOVE is avaialble at the official site here.

View the new video interview of David Byrne discussing HERE LIES LOVE below.