Michael Jackson musical coming to Broadway in 2020
A new musical will focus on Michael Jackson's life during his "Dangerous World Tour." Credit: AP/Cliff Schiappa
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," a major new musical about Michael Jackson — set on the cusp of the iconic but controversial singer’s “Dangerous World Tour” and dealing more fully with his complex legacy than previous endeavors — is headed first to Chicago in the fall and then to Broadway in 2020.
The show, scored with Jackson’s music, is produced by the Michael Jackson estate in collaboration with Columbia Live Stage. The book is by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and the direction and original choreography is by Christopher Wheeldon.
“This is not a Cirque du Soleil show, nor a tribute show, nor a hagiography,” said Nottage in an interview Tuesday, referencing two prior Cirque treatments of the Jackson oeuvre. “We are endeavoring to tell the story of one moment in the life of a very complicated man whose life was very fraught.”
“Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” will play Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre from Oct. 29 to Dec. 1. The show is expected in New York in the spring of 2020.
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