Saturday, 14 December 2013

Death Note Stage Musical Coming in 2015


A stage musical based on the popular Death Note anime/manga series is announced. This musical will run in Japan and South Korea in 2015.

American composer Frank Wildhorn (composer of Whitney Houston songs, The Count of Monte Cristo) and Natalie Cole is scoring the musical with Jack Murphy (The Civil War, The Count of Monte Cristo) writing the lyrics. Ivan Menchell (Bonnie and Clyde, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) writing the scripts.

Directed by Tamiya Kuriyama, a a recipient of the Japanese government's Medal with Purple Ribbon, this musical will play in Tokyo's Nissay Theatre in April 2015 and in Seoul's LG Arts Center in July and August 2015.

Lastly, the cast for this musical is not yet announced.

[Source: Anime News Network]