Black Orpheus heading to Broadway

Oscar-winning Brazilian movie Black Orpheus is heading to Broadway as a new musical. Playwright Lynn Nottage will pen the script for the stage show, which Lucky Guy’s George C. Wolfe will direct.
The 1959 film, helmed by Frenchman Marcel Camus, was based on the Vinicius de Moraes play Orfeu de Conceicao, a modern adaptation of the Greek myth of poet and prophet Orpheus, who tried to bring his wife Eurydice back to life with the sound of his music.
Black Orpheus, which won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 1960 Academy Awards, helped to popularise the sound of bossa nova music thanks to a soundtrack by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa. Some of their songs will also be included in the stage musical.
A premiere date for Black Orpheus’ Broadway debut has yet to be set.