Florence Welch, the Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter of the band Florence and the Machine, will co-write songs for the stage adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic « The Great Gatsby. »
April 28 (UPI) — Florence Welch, the Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter of the pop band Florence and the Machine, will co-write songs for the stage adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby, A New Musical will be Welch’s first musical theater project. She’ll co-write the original score with musician and producer Thomas Barlett, who produced the Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens song « Mystery of Love » from Call Me By Your Name. The pair worked together on the song « Jenny of Oldstones » for the final season of Game of Thrones. « This book has haunted me for a large part of my life, » Welch told The Hollywood Reporter.
