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''School of Rock'' is an upcoming musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Julian Fellowes. Based on the 2003 film of the same name, the musical is scheduled to make its Broadway and world premiere at the Winter Garden Theatre in 2015. ==Background== The musical is based on the 2003 film ''School of Rock''. The film itself was produced on a budget of $35 million, earning over $131 million in global box office receipts. The plot followed struggling rock singer and guitarist, Dewey Finn, who is kicked out of his band No Vacancy and subsequently disguises himself as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After witnessing the musical talent in his students, Dewey forms a band of fifth-graders to attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands. In April 2013, during an interview it was first revealed by Andrew Lloyd Webber that he had purchased the stage rights to Richard Linklater's film. The project would mark his next musical after completing the West End show ''Stephen Ward''. Speaking about the project he stated that "There may be songs for me in it, but it's obviously got songs in it as it stands," and that he would be going from "''Stephen Ward'', which is really going to be sort of a chamber musical, to a musical about kids playing the guitar." In May 2014, it was revealed that the show was likely to receive its world premiere on Broadway rather than in London's West End due to more relaxed child labour laws in the United States and the fact that the "American subject" matter fitted Broadway. Webber also credits various locations of the original School of Rock that "...produce the sort of kids required who can actually perform in the show" and that Britain would need similar schools for the show to move to London. On 18 December 2014, the musical was officially confirmed and it was announced that the show would receive its world premiere on Broadway in autumn 2015, marking the first time since 1971 and his musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' that a Lloyd Webber musical would receive its world premiere on Broadway rather than the West End and a return to the Winter Garden Theatre where his musical ''Cats'' ran for 18 years. The musical has a book by ''Downton Abbey'' creator Julian Fellowes. and is directed by Laurence Connor, with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter, set and costume design by Anna Louizos and lighting by Natasha Katz. Speaking of his vision for the musical, Lloyd Webber suggested that the musical would feature more on the stories of the children than the film, stating "It has to be a bit more rounded. I'd quite like to know more about the children and their parents." Speaking about the music he explained the need for additional music rather than simply using the film's full soundtrack: "you can't do heavy metal for hours and hours in the theatre – everyone would be screaming. So they have to be theatrical songs too. And we've obviously got to use the iconic songs from the original show. It would be a shame not to do a Stevie Nicks song."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「School of Rock (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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