Exclusive: Lively McCabe Entertainment, a company that specializes in packaging and adapting iconic intellectual property into new stories for theater, film/TV, and book publishing, is teaming with licensing agency Theatrical Rights Worldwide and music powerhouse BMG on three stage works that could bring the songs of country stars like Luke Bryan and Kenny Chesney and ’80s New Wavers including Billy Idol and Devo to theaters by 2020.
Lively McCabe Entertainment Co-President Michael Barra unveiled a slate of three new stage musicals under development in the previously-announced partnership with Trw and BMG that would feature select music from the deep BMG catalog.
The three newly announced projects are:
May We All, a country music musical with a book by Troy Britton Johnson (The Voice: Neon Dreams) and Todd Johnson (a producer of Broadway’s original The Color Purple). May We All will include including music from country artists such as Luke Bryan,...
Lively McCabe Entertainment Co-President Michael Barra unveiled a slate of three new stage musicals under development in the previously-announced partnership with Trw and BMG that would feature select music from the deep BMG catalog.
The three newly announced projects are:
May We All, a country music musical with a book by Troy Britton Johnson (The Voice: Neon Dreams) and Todd Johnson (a producer of Broadway’s original The Color Purple). May We All will include including music from country artists such as Luke Bryan,...
- 4/2/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Plain White T’s hit “Hey There Delilah” is getting adapted into a scripted television series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The band is transforming the song into a romantic comedy about a long-distance relationship. Described as a “contemporary fairy tale,” the show will reportedly expand the song’s story of a struggling musician promising his long-distance partner that once she graduates school, they’ll be together.
Plain White T’s frontman Tom Higgenson came up with the concept for the TV show with writer Jeremy Desmon – who has...
The band is transforming the song into a romantic comedy about a long-distance relationship. Described as a “contemporary fairy tale,” the show will reportedly expand the song’s story of a struggling musician promising his long-distance partner that once she graduates school, they’ll be together.
Plain White T’s frontman Tom Higgenson came up with the concept for the TV show with writer Jeremy Desmon – who has...
- 8/7/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“Hey There Delilah,” a hit song from pop punk band Plain White T’s in 2006, is being adapted into a television show by Lively McCabe Entertainment.
Described as a contemporary fairy tale expanding on the story within the song, the concept comes from T’s frontman and songwriter Tom Higgenson, writer Jeremy Desmon, and Lively McCabe’s Michael Barra, with Desmon attached to write. Primary Wave’s Deb Klein is attached to produce.
“Hey There Delilah,” written by Higgenson and published by Warner Chappell Music, was originally released in 2006 and spent 35 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, including multiple weeks at number one. The song has since been licensed for “Orange is the New Black,” “Family Guy,” and “Sesame Street,” among other shows. The lyrics tell the tale of a long-distance flirtation between a struggling singer-songwriter and a New York City university student. The songwriter pledges to write a song for...
Described as a contemporary fairy tale expanding on the story within the song, the concept comes from T’s frontman and songwriter Tom Higgenson, writer Jeremy Desmon, and Lively McCabe’s Michael Barra, with Desmon attached to write. Primary Wave’s Deb Klein is attached to produce.
“Hey There Delilah,” written by Higgenson and published by Warner Chappell Music, was originally released in 2006 and spent 35 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, including multiple weeks at number one. The song has since been licensed for “Orange is the New Black,” “Family Guy,” and “Sesame Street,” among other shows. The lyrics tell the tale of a long-distance flirtation between a struggling singer-songwriter and a New York City university student. The songwriter pledges to write a song for...
- 8/7/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
The Plain White T's No. 1 hit "Hey There Delilah" is being adapted into a scripted TV series.
The Grammy- and Tony-nominated band is teaming with Lively McCabe Entertainment and Primary Wave to develop a scripted romantic dramedy based on its chart-topping single about a long-distance relationship. Producers, including the band's frontman and songwriter Tom Higgenson as well as writer Jeremy Desmon, will be in L.A. pitching the potential series — described as a contemporary fairy tale that expands the story within the song — to multiple networks and studios this month.
The song, released ...
The Grammy- and Tony-nominated band is teaming with Lively McCabe Entertainment and Primary Wave to develop a scripted romantic dramedy based on its chart-topping single about a long-distance relationship. Producers, including the band's frontman and songwriter Tom Higgenson as well as writer Jeremy Desmon, will be in L.A. pitching the potential series — described as a contemporary fairy tale that expands the story within the song — to multiple networks and studios this month.
The song, released ...
Broadway Sessions recently celebrated the music of award winning composing team Thomson and Desmon. Jeffrey Thomson and Jeremy Desmon are responsible for musicals One Hit Wonder, The Oliver Experiment, Pump Up the Volume and the highly anticipated Nancy Drew. Wonderful writers tend to have some wonderful friends who tend to want to get their hands on their music And that's a very good thing.
- 3/19/2018
- by Ben Cameron
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Nominees Laura Osnes and Rob McClure star in an all-new ten minute musical on this month's episode of the musical theater podcast Take A Ten. The brand new audio musical also co-stars Ryan Andes of Big Fish and Peter Pan Live. The musical, 'Veronica at the Altar' tells the story of Veronica Osnes, a woman conflicted between marrying her fiancee McClure, a secure and simple accountant, and her ex- boyfriend, a daring treasure hunter Andes. 'Veronica at the Altar' features a book by Edward Kleban Prize winner, Jeremy Desmon Pump Up the Volume, Good News. Music for the episode was written by Andy Roninson with lyrics by George Merrick, both of whom are recipients of the Jerry Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement...
- 1/2/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Production company Stageworks Media, best known for adapting music, publishing and film studio source material directly for the stock and amateur theatrical licensing marketplace, proudly announces its new global publishingdistribution deal with leading stage publishing and licensing company Playscripts, Inc. The deal's inaugural projects include two new titles from Stageworks' Pop Musicals Collection, Cyrano de BurgerShack by Jeremy Desmon, and Emma A Pop Musical by Eric Price.
- 8/27/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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