Black Orpheus Musical Hoping to Bring the Beats of Brazil to Broadway
A new Broadway musical based on the 1959 film Black Orpheus is hoping to come to Broadway during the 2013-14 season, according to the New York Times. The film won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (the same year Ben-Hur won Best Picture and Porgy and Bess took home Best Musical Score). Set in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Black Orpheus is a modern retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus …