Classical
Ode to Fraud: Mamoru Samuragochi, "Japan's Beethoven," Admits to Buying His Most Acclaimed Compositions
No Osmonds: Elton John, DreamWorks to Adapt and Produce 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' as Animated Film
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's infectious musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will soon make an appearance on the silver screen. And this time, no Osmonds are involved. No, Elton John's Rocket Pictures has acquired the film rights and will produce an animated feature of the same nam Duke Ellington's Jazz Opera 'Queenie Pie' Proves Difficult for the Stage, Just Not for Chicago Opera Theater
It wasn't enough for Duke Ellington to contribute some 3,000 songs to the Great American Fakebook. No, towards the end of his life, he began composing a jazz opera: Queenie Pie.
