Lennon and Presley to square up in Broadway
The stage is set for a Broadway showdown between two of the most influential pop stars of the 20th century.
The Lennon Project, a musical about the late Beatle John Lennon scheduled for 2005, will have some competition from All Shook Up, an Elvis Presley musical, reports the New York Times.
Commissioned by the Presley estate and featuring 20 of Presley’s best known songs, All Shook Up is neither a revue nor a bio-play.
“Elvis is not a character,” Jonathan Pollard, one of the producers, tells the newspaper.
“It’s an original musical comedy about how a magical jukebox and a leather-jacketed stranger transform a loveless town.”
