A reading of the new musical Reincarnation Blues, adapted from Michael Poore’s cult-hit fantasy novel, will take place on Thursday, 24th April at 2:30pm at The Other Palace Studio. The reading is produced by Josh Sobel of FutureHome (Appropriate, Gutenberg! The Musical!), co-producer Michael Graf (The Roommate), and Executive Producer and General Manager Lisa Dozier Shacket of LDK Productions (Be More Chill, Cellino V. Barnes, Anthony Rapp’s Without You). The London reading also includes Holly Reiss as co-Executive Producer and Short Street serving as General Management.
Directed by Olivier Award-nominee Amy Hodge, the reading will feature Broadway star Noah Ricketts (The Great Gatsby, Frozen, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Carly Bawden (Sylvia, Carousel, Romantics Anonymous), along with Wendy Mae Brown, Keisha Amponsa Banson, Josie Benson, Olly Dobson, Billy Cullum, Ahmed Hamad, and Luke Latchman.
Reincarnation Blues boasts a score by acclaimed musicians Ben Thornewill (lead singer of Jukebox the Ghost) and Coyle Girelli (multi-platinum songwriter for BTS and lead singer of The Chevin), with a book by award-winning playwright Laura Zlatos (Happily After Ever). The musical tells the whimsical, mystical, comical, and deeply human tale of a soul reincarnated through 10,000 lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.
The musical is being developed for future stage productions in New York and London. Originally developed at the 2023 Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Reincarnation Blues was a 2024 Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill National Music Theater Conference and recently played a concert in New York on 31st March at Drom.
More information can be found here.
