Gatsby: An American Myth

Gatsby: An American Myth is a stage musical with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett, lyrics by Welch, and a book by Martyna Majok, based on the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

When the project was first announced in 2021, the initial press release quoted Welch, best known as lead singer for Florence + the Machine, as saying, "This book has haunted me for a large part of my life. It contains some of my favourite lines in literature. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism."

Production history

Cambridge (2024)

The musical had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in previews beginning May 23, 2024, leading to opening night on June 5, 2024, and is set to run until August 3, 2024. It will be directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin and choreographed by Sonya Tayeh. Announced cast includes Isaac Powell (Gatsby), Charlotte MacInnes (Daisy), Ben Levi Ross (Nick), Cory Jeacoma (Tom), Eleri Ward (Jordan), Solea Pfeiffer (Myrtle), Matthew Amira (Wilson), and Adam Grupper (Wolfsheim).

References

External links

• Gatsby Musical Website

1. The Great Gatsby
2. Jay Gatsby
3. Ben Levi Ross
4. Edith Cummings
5. Isaac Cole Powell
6. Solea Pfeiffer
7. Florence Welch
8. Great American Novel
9. Max Gerlach
10. American Dream
11. F. Scott Fitzgerald
12. Nick Carraway
13. The Cry for Myth
14. Self-made man
15. An American Dream (novel)
16. List of American novelists
17. Jewish nose
18. List of people with an anxiety disorder
19. Greil Marcus
20. Skull and Bones