Academy Award-winner Eric Roth will adapt the American Western for the stage.
A stage adaptation of the American Western movie Excessive Midday is planning a Broadway run in 2023.
Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplays for Forrest Gump, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dune and extra, will write the difference. Michael Arden, who final directed a revival As soon as on This Island on Broadway, will helm the manufacturing.
The 1952 movie is an American Western targeting a city marshal who has to resolve whether or not to confront a gang alone or depart city together with his spouse. The movie, produced by Stanley Kramer, starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly and received seven Academy Awards, together with finest screenplay and finest image. In 1989, the Library of Congress chosen Excessive Midday to be preserved within the Nationwide Movie Registry attributable to its affect on the trade.
Lead producers Paula Wagner (who just lately introduced a musical adaptation of Fairly Lady to Broadway) and Hunter Arnold say this would be the first Western play to premiere on Broadway in additional than 85 years.
“When Eric Roth introduced his imaginative and prescient for a stage adaptation of Excessive Midday, I instantly noticed the potential for a theatrical presentation of the long-lasting story about doing the precise factor regardless of public opinion and exterior stress. Extra related as we speak than ever, Stanley Kramer’s movie continues to captivate audiences with a basic Western portrayal of an individual standing up for what is correct within the face of apathy and rejection,” producer Paula Wagner mentioned in an announcement.
Just like the movie, the Broadway manufacturing will happen in real-time for a two-hour length. Casting, actual dates and different particulars can be introduced at a later date.