‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Stage Musical In The Works From Oscar-Winning Composer A.R. Rahman & Tony-Winning Producer Ken Davenport
deadline.comBusy Broadway producer Ken Davenport (Oh, Mary!, the upcoming Othello, among many other credits) has another project in the wings: A stage musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire is being developed with the movie’s double-Oscar-winning composer A.R.
Rahman. “I’m incredibly excited to begin work on Slumdog Millionaire: The Musical,” said Rahman, whose work on the film won Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for “Jai Ho”). “This reimagined version will take you on an electrifying journey with new songs and a few unexpected twists.” The stage musical will feature music from the film, including “Jai Ho,” as well as new songs from Rahman.
Davenport, who won Tony’s for Kinky Boots and Once On This Island, said “My father, Kenny Dipchand Hasija, never talked much about growing up in India, until I took him to see Slumdog Millionaire.
Immediately after the credits rolled, the stories, the love, and the pride of where he was from poured out of him. It was one of the closest moments we ever had. “Right then and there,” he continued, “I vowed to one day find a way to bring our Indian culture to the stage, as a way to honor him, and people of Indian descent all over the world.
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