Cameron Crowe's ALMOST FAMOUS Is Being Adapted Into a Broadway Musical!
I love Cameron Crowe’s film Almost Famous. It a favorite movie of mine that I watch often. That being said, I’m excited to report that Crowe is adapting the film into a Broadway musical!
It’s not hard to imagine Almost Famous as a musical because they whole story revolves around the love of music. The movie also had an incredible soundtrack that featured music by Paul Simon’s “America,” Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells a Story,” Led Zeppelin’s “That’s The Way,” David Bowie’s version of Lou Reed’s “I’m Waiting For The Man,” Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”, Cat Stevens “The Wind”. and more.
Crowe released a video on Twitter teasing the the musical and it reveals clues to what song might end up being included in it.
Deadline reports that “the new musical will feature a book by Crowe based on his Academy Award-winning screenplay, music by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), lyrics by Kitt and Crowe, and directed by Jeremy Herrin (People, Places and Things).”
Almost Famous is based on Crowe’s own experiences as a young journalist who interviews and befriends a notorious rock band and its groupies. The story is set in the 1970s, and follows a boy named William (Patrick Fugit) who traveled with a rock band called Stillwater. Stillwater is a fictional band that was based on the Allman Brothers, the Eagles and Poco, and others. Remember the scene where Billy Crudup’s character, Russell, is standing on a roof at a party screaming that he is a “golden god”? Well, that quote is famously attributed to Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.
Anyway, what do you all think about Almost Famous being adapted into a Broadway musical?
— Cameron Crowe (@CameronCrowe) September 21, 2018