The creative team of new Broadway-bound musical Waking Ned Devine has been announced.
Based on the 1998 film, Waking Ned Devine will be helmed by Scottish director John Doyle, known for his direction of the London and Broadway productions of The Color Purple starring Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson, plus The Visit, A Catered Affair, Company and his Watermill Theatre, West End and Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, for which he won a 2006 Tony Award.
Tony Award nominee David Hein (Come from Away) is the book writer for Waking Ned Devine, and Academy Award winners Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard (Once) are co-composers and co-lyricists.
A production timeline for the Broadway-bound musical will be announced later.
Director John Doyle said in a statement: “Waking Ned Devine attracted me as a funny, heartwarming musical that serves as a timely reminder of the value of community. The inhabitants of a small Irish village working together, overcoming self-interest and greed, all for the good of their families and neighbors. No-one could be better than Markéta and Glen to bring out the musicality in these Celtic characters and David is unmatched in his ability to find the heart and humanity in such a story.”
Written and directed by Kirk Jones, the Waking Ned Devine movie was released by Fox Searchlight in 1998.
Ned Devine has won a fortune in the lottery and his fellow residents in a small Irish village are eager to find ways to share in his newfound wealth. However, there’s a major challenge that Ned’s friends and neighbors must face that sets off a wonderfully funny and life-affirming story about testing friendship and the corrupting power of money.
Waking Ned Devine, the new musical, is produced by Robert Cole and Mary Beth O’Connor.
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