Rock and rollers who've made the move to Broadway - amNY
Radiohead front man Thom Yorke will make his Broadway debut next month as composer for Harold Pinter's play "Old Times," but he's certainly not the first rock and roller to bring his talents to the Great White Way:. Sting, "The Last Ship" The Police front man wrote the music and lyrics to this 2014 flop, loosely based on his childhood growing up in a shipyard town in England. Cyndi Lauper, "Kinky Boots" The "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" songstress made her Broadway debut writing the music and lyrics for "Kinky Boots," based off the film of the same name. Trey Anastasio, "Hands on a Hardbody" The Phish front man wrote the music to "Hands on a Hardbody," which debuted on Broadway in 2013 and focused on 10 Texans trying to win a Nissan "hardbody" pickup truck. Billie Joe Armstrong, "American Idiot" Armstrong co-wrote this loose adaptation of Green Day's 2004 album of the same name, and the band composed the music. Bono and The Edge, "Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark" The U2 members composed the music for the controversial 2011 musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which was met with mixed reviews and plagued by technical difficulties before closing in... Source: www.amny.com
