International Courant
Depraved director Jon M. Chu will make his Broadway directorial debut with a brand new stage adaptation of his 2018 hit movie Loopy Wealthy Asians, producers introduced immediately.
The brand new musical, nonetheless in improvement, will characteristic a guide by Leah Nanako Winkler, music by Helen Park and lyrics by Amanda Inexperienced & Tat Tong.
The announcement comes as anticipation builds for the two-part Depraved movie, with the primary half set for launch this November. Chu additionally directed the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical In The Heights.
The announcement was made immediately by Warner Bros. Theater Ventures (Mark Kaufman) and Kevin Kwan. The musical is described as a recent romantic comedy based mostly on Kwan’s bestselling guide trilogy and the Warner Bros. Footage movie directed by Chu.
The timeline for a pre-Broadway engagement might be introduced shortly.
E-book-writer Winkler’s credit embody her performs God Stated This, Two Mile Hole, Kentucky, Scorching Asian Physician Husband, and The Brightest Factor within the World. TV credit embody A24’s Peabody-winning Ramy, amongst others. She is at present a co-executive producer and author on Elsbeth.
Park wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway musical KPOP, and Inexperienced wrote lyrics and music for Arms On A Hardbody, amongst different initiatives, and Tony is a Singaporean file producer and songwriter based mostly in Los Angeles.
