We have liftoff. The out-of-this-world thrill of discovery beats at the heart of A Walk on the Moon, a new musical based on the same-named 1999 movie directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Diane Lane and Viggo Mortensen.
Launching June 15 at the Laura Pels Theatre, the musical is set in 1969 as the world anticipated the Apollo 11 lunar landing. In a Catskills bungalow colony, Brooklyn housewife Pearl Kantrowitz gets pulled into romance, Woodstock, and countercultural upheaval, questioning the limits of her life as a wife and mother.
“It’s the same story, and I would say it’s the same characters,” said Pamela Gray, who adapted her screenplay into the musical’s book and lyrics. “However, they’ve been recreated in the perspective of thinking of how they express themselves, since there’s now music.”
AnnMarie Milazzo composed the music and co-wrote the lyrics with Gray, while Tony nominee Sheryl Kaller directs and Josh Prince choreographs. The Off-Broadway principal cast includes Talia Suskauer, Max Chernin, Sam Gravitte, Andréa Burns, Sophie Pollono, and Oscar Williams.
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