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Return to the Forbidden Planet is a jukebox musical by Bob Carlton, based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, which, in turn, is loosely based on The Tempest. The show features a score of 1950s and 1960s rock and roll classics and dialogue largely adapted from well-known passages from Shakespeare. Often billed as "Shakespeare's forgotten rock and roll masterpiece", Return to the Forbidden Planet has been performed all over the world since its premiere in London in the 1980s. It won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for both 1989 and 1990. Conceived for a cast of actor-musicians, the space ship sets conceals keyboards and drums. The campy sci-fi setting consists of silvered space suits and the robot, Ariel, is performed by an actor on roller skates, with a costume reminiscent of the original movie's Robby the Robot. There is a part for narrator (known as "the newsreader") on pre-recorded video, who has been performed by celebrities including Patrick Moore, Brian May, Richard O'Brien and Neil deGrasse Tyson. (en) Return to the Forbidden Planet è un musical con libretto di e una colonna sonora non originale costituita da canzoni di successo come Great Balls of Fire, Gloria, Good Vibrations, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood e Oh, Pretty Woman. Il musical, che è basato sulla La tempesta di Shakespeare e sul film Il pianeta proibito di Fred McLeod Wilcox, debuttò al Cambridge Theatre di Londra nel settembre 1980. Vinse il Laurence Olivier Award al miglior nuovo musical del 1989/1990. (it) |
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Return to the Forbidden Planet è un musical con libretto di e una colonna sonora non originale costituita da canzoni di successo come Great Balls of Fire, Gloria, Good Vibrations, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood e Oh, Pretty Woman. Il musical, che è basato sulla La tempesta di Shakespeare e sul film Il pianeta proibito di Fred McLeod Wilcox, debuttò al Cambridge Theatre di Londra nel settembre 1980. Vinse il Laurence Olivier Award al miglior nuovo musical del 1989/1990. (it) Return to the Forbidden Planet is a jukebox musical by Bob Carlton, based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, which, in turn, is loosely based on The Tempest. The show features a score of 1950s and 1960s rock and roll classics and dialogue largely adapted from well-known passages from Shakespeare. Often billed as "Shakespeare's forgotten rock and roll masterpiece", Return to the Forbidden Planet has been performed all over the world since its premiere in London in the 1980s. It won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for both 1989 and 1990. (en) |
