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Death Note the Musical London Concert Performance on August 22
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Tickets are still available for a concert performance of Frank Wildhorn's 2015 Death Note the Musical at the London Palladium on Tuesday August 22 at 2.30 p.m.
Frank Wildhorn, an American composer known for songs sung by Whitney Houston ("Where Do Broken Hearts Go?") and Natalie Cole, scored the Death Note musical. Tamiya Kuriyama, a recipient of the Japanese government's Medal with Purple Ribbon, is directing. Jack Murphy (The Civil War, Rudolf, Carmen, Wonderland, The Count of Monte Cristo) wrote the lyrics, and Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bonnie and Clyde) wrote the script.
The London performances will be directed by Nick Winston and produced by Carter Dixon McGill Productions and Indie Theatrical. The cast includes Frances Mayli McCann, Dean John-Wilson and Joaquin Pedro Valdes.
In Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's original 2003-2006 supernatural suspense manga, teenager Light Yagami finds a notebook with which he can put people to death by writing their names. He begins a self-anointed crusade against the criminals of the world, and a cat-and-mouse game begins with the authorities and one idiosyncratic genius detective.
Whats On Stage quotes Wildhorn as saying, “Death Note: The Musical has been the most unique, strange, edgy, and wonderful musical journey for me. It's been a dream of mine to bring this show from Asia to the West End of London, and here we are.”
