'Avenue Q's Jeff Whitty has signed on to write the book, which the site's Roger Friedman reports is almost complete. The musical is described as "a jukebox show with a twist." Set during the decade of the 1960's it will be based on "surprising source material that can't be revealed yet." Teased Leitch, "It's all still in the Early Stages."
Friedman reports that at Sting's after party event at Indochine last night, The Public Theater's Oskar Eustis showed a keen interest in the project when it came under discussion. Other Broadway bigwigs are reportedly displaying enthusiasm for it as well.
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Paltrow's movie credits include Sliding Doors(1998) and A Perfect Murder (1998) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast. She also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her role as Holly Holliday on the FOX hit TV show Glee in the episode "The Substitute".
