Michael Poore’s cult-favourite fantasy novel Reincarnation Blues is headed to the stage, with a new musical adaptation set to receive a closed workshop at The Other Palace Studio in London on Thursday 24 April.
The reading is directed by Olivier Award-nominee Amy Hodge and features Broadway’s Noah Ricketts (The Great Gatsby, Frozen) and West End star Carly Bawden (Sylvia, Romantics Anonymous). They lead an ensemble including Wendy Mae Brown (The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage), Keisha Amponsa Banson (Girl From the North Country), Josie Benson (Stalled), Olly Dobson (Back to the Future, A Face in the Crowd), Billy Cullum (A Christmas Carol), Ahmed Hamad (Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Musical) and Luke Latchman (Sunset Boulevard, NOW That’s What I Call a Musical)
Produced by Josh Sobel of FutureHome (Appropriate, Gutenberg! The Musical!) and Michael Graf (The Roommate), with executive production from Lisa Dozier Shacket of LDK Productions (Be More Chill, Without You), the workshop represents an early developmental milestone for the show, which is being prepared for future productions in both London and New York.
With a book by award-winning playwright Laura Zlatos and a score by Ben Thornewill (Jukebox the Ghost) and Coyle Girelli (multi-platinum songwriter for BTS, The Chevin), Reincarnation Blues is a whimsical and moving tale of a soul reincarnated across 10,000 lifetimes in a quest to reunite with his one true love: Death herself.
The project was originally developed as part of the 2023 Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and was a 2024 semi-finalist for the O’Neill National Music Theater Conference. It also received a New York concert staging last month at Drom.
The London reading includes additional support from co-executive producer Holly Reiss and general managers Short Street. The producing team describes the musical as “fantastically whimsical, mystical, comical and deeply human,” merging philosophical depth with theatrical flair.
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