The late artist’s unique stage legacy includes a Broadway turn in ‘The Elephant Man,’ rock concerts famed for their blazing theatricality and the recent sui generis musical, ‘Lazarus.’
From his groundbreaking “Ziggy Stardust” concerts of the early ’70s to Lazarus, the divisive off-Broadway alt-musical that premiered in the final weeks of his life, David Bowie was a chameleonic creature of the theater. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-david-bowie-theatrical-854727
David Bowie’s Secret Theater Project ‘Lazarus’ to Feature New Songs
Musical uses same characters from the musician’s cult film ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’
April 2, 2015
No stranger to keeping secrets, the ever-incalculable David Bowie has revealed that he’s been laboring for years in private on a musical-theater extension of Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, which will be produced later this year. The singer – whose latest single, “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime),” veered toward the theatrical – co-wrote the production Lazarus with Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh (Once) and composed new songs for it.http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowies-secret-theater-project-lazarus-to-feature-new-songs-20150402
‘Pierrot in Turquoise’: David Bowie’s little-known first theatrical appearance, 1968
David Bowie’s acting career began with record-breaking week in Denver![a-david-bowie-elephant-man-5.jpg]()
Bowie (and Kate Bush) were heavily influenced by Lindsay Kemp’s FLOWERS by the Lindsay Kemp Company – https://vimeo.com/75670850
