‘Almost Famous,’ the musical version of Cameron Crowe’s film, will open on Broadway this fall, after a rapturously received west coast run.
“Almost Famous” is almost ready for Broadway. The specific New York theater has yet to be announced, but opening dates for the musical adaptation of the Cameron Crowe film were revealed by the Shubert Organization on Thursday, with previews set to begin Sept. 13 and an official opening night of Oct. 11. If not for the pandemic, “Almost Famous” almost surely would have been opening a year or two earlier, as it was considered very much ready for prime time during a rapturously received preliminary engagement at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater in 2019. Los Angeles Times critic Charles McNulty wrote then that the seemingly hitch-free show was “destined to conquer Broadway.”
Jeremy Herrin, a stalwart of the British theater, directs, as he did with the Old Globe’s successful production, with a score featuring music by Tom Kitt (“Next to Normal,” “If/Then”). Kitt and Crowe collaborated on the lyrics, and Crowe wrote the musical’s book, based on his original screenplay from the semi-autobiographical 2002 film hit.
