Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Bruce Greenwood, Emily Skinner and More in GHOST BROTHERS Tour
By: Christina Mancuso Oct. 09, 2013
Stephen King's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, will launch a tour of 20 American cities throughout the Midwest and Southeast beginning tomorrow, October 10 in Bloomington, IN, and ending November 6 in Grand Rapids, MI. Tickets are now on sale at aeglive.com. Check out a sneak peek of the photos below!
The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County saga began when Mellencamp told King about a cabin on his land inIndiana where two brothers had gotten in a fight over a girl; one brother accidentally killing the other, only to die along with the girl in a car crash a short time later. King came up with an outline for a play in a matter of days. And then off and on, back and forth, they began to develop it into a full-length musical.
The superb blues 'n' roots music of Ghost Brothers reflects the wide range of styles and influences needed for a work that jumps back and forth across decades. Rather than use the songs to propel the play's narrative, as in a conventional musical, Mellencamp chose to make them a way to reveal the emotions and inner workings of the characters.
Set in the tiny town of Lake Belle Reve, Mississippi, the Ghost Brothers' story centers on two sets of brothers: the ghosts of Jack and Andy, dead in an apparent murder/suicide, and their nephews, the living Frank and Drake, who seem to be headed toward the same downward spiral as their uncles. Joe, younger brother of Jack and Andy, father of Frank and Drake, has decided it's time to reveal his own terrible secret at the site of the tragedy, before it's too late.
Photo Credit: Harry Sandler
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