Damien Chazelle, 32 at the time, received six Oscars for
La La Land
in 2017 , including Best Director.
The couple Emma Stone-Ryan Gosling had been able to revive romantic souls all over the world.
Six years later, the $450 million-grossing film will soon be back on Broadway as a musical.
The initiators and promoters of this ambitious project are already known thanks to the indiscretions that have filtered through the American press.
Under the leadership of Marc Platt, the historic producer of
La La Land
, the authors Ayad Akhtar and Matthew Decker have already started writing the theatrical adaptation.
Once this work is finished, the direction will be entrusted to Bartlett Sher, who has already won the Tony Award for best musical director in 2008 for
South Pacific
.
The score, the highlight of this future live performance, will be reworked by Justin Hurwitz, the Oscar-winning composer of the
cinematographic
La La Land .
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Damien Chazelle's La La Land
in 2016, with Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling...
For now, the cast and schedule dates still remain in the form of two question marks.
In a press release, the production is delighted in advance of the effect that this future musical will have on the fans of
La La Land
: "
We have assembled a team of great professionals to create this adaptation which should please millions of lover of the film and allow those who have not had the chance to see it to finally know this story
".
Event upon its release in 2016,
La La Land
draws the viewer into a whirlwind of song and dance.
It tells the almost impossible love story of two dreamy artists embodied by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
The latter, crowned by the Oscar for best actress, declared at the end of the filming of the film, almost amazed by her own performance.
“
We trained a lot for two months.
It was insane because, even though I had already taken dance lessons, I had to learn tap dancing, jazz rhythm and ballroom dancing
”.
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