Frank Wildhorn, the man responsible for bringing a batch of literary classics to the stage (¡°Jekyll & Hyde,¡± ¡°Dracula,¡± ¡°The Scarlet Pimpernel¡°), is taking on the popular manga series ¡°Death Note¡± as his latest project.
A gothic tale of murder and deceit, it¡¯s the kind of story that¡¯s made for the 55-year-old composer.
¡°Until I was approached to do it, I¡¯d never heard of ¡®Death Note,¡¯ but I was immediately intrigued,¡± Wildhorn tells The Japan Times while visiting the Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory in Tokyo. ¡°My son told me I had to do it as it would be the coolest thing I¡¯d ever done. As I started looking through the material, I soon realized what he meant.¡±
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