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Richard Greenberg, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie at Work on Musical Version of Far From Heaven

Art work for Far From Heaven
Art work for Far From Heaven

Playwright Richard Greenberg will be collaborating with composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie on a musical version of the 2002 film Far From Heaven that was written and directed by Todd Haynes. The musical is a commission from Playwrights Horizons.

Far From Heaven tells the story of Cathy Whitaker, a 1950s housewife living in suburban Hartford who watches as her seemingly perfect life begin to fall apart. The original film — which stars Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert and Patricia Clarkson — has earned over 100 awards, honors and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations.

Greenberg won the Tony Award for Take Me Out, with other plays including Three Days of Rain, The Violet Hour, and The Dazzle. Frankel and Korie previously collaborated on the musical Grey Gardens, earning them both Tony nominations, as well as the Off-Broadway musical Happiness.