![]() ![]() Taymor hopes the story of Across the Universe can inspire today’s youth with its story of 60s activism. “And a lot of choreography, but that’s good because we threw out a lot of choreography for the movie because we wanted it to be real.” Taymor says the stage adaptation will once again be a collaboration with the film choreographer Daniel Ezralow, who also choreographed Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway. “I’m going to change out a few songs,” she adds. What’s hard is trying to compress it into less scenes without losing the power of Across the Universe.” Taymor hopes to create the show with a six principals, an ensemble of 20-25 dancer/singers and “maybe two or three adults who can do all the adult roles.” “Very few movie musicals are created as a movie musical first,” Taymor says. Of course, bringing the epic scope of the film to the stage will be a challenge. Luckily, “people all over the world know the Beatles,” she adds. “If we went straight to Broadway, it could’ve happened 10 years ago, but we want to create it in a different kind of theater,” Taymor shares, adding that the show could premiere in Europe or even the Far East before hopefully landing in New York City. Although not a box office smash, the film was nominated for a 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and received an Academy Award nomination for costume design and has become a favorite for musical theater fans. As love blossoms between Jude and Lucy, everything in their world changes with the arrival of the Vietnam War. Butterfly, Across the Universe uses the songs of the Beatles to tell the 1960s story of a young British worker named, yes, Jude who sets sail for the United States in search of his father and winds up meeting carefree college student Joe and his sister Lucy, as well as a cast of eccentrics. “Hopefully in the next two years, we finally get to see Across the Universe onstage.”Ī labor of love for the acclaimed director of The Lion King and the current revival of M. “I’ve wanted it for so many years,” she tells Paul Wontorek on the upcoming episode of the talker Show People. Come together, Across the Universe fans, for some major news! Tony Award-winning stage and film director Julie Taymor is ready to bring her 2007 Beatles movie musical to the stage. ![]()
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