‘Camelot’ Is Returning to Broadway, Reimagined by Aaron Sorkin

Lincoln Middle Theater stated Monday that it might stage a revival of the basic musical “Camelot” on Broadway this fall, with a brand new e book by the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.

The revival is to be directed by Bartlett Sher, who in 2019 directed a one-night live performance efficiency of “Camelot,” starring Lin-Manuel Miranda to profit Lincoln Middle Theater. The mission can be a second joint Broadway enterprise between Sher and Sorkin, who beforehand collaborated on a stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” that opened in 2018. Sher has additionally directed a number of Golden Age musicals for the nonprofit Lincoln Middle Theater, together with “South Pacific,” “The King and I” and “My Truthful Girl.”

“Camelot,” first staged on Broadway in 1960, is predicated on the novel “The As soon as and Future King,” which, in flip, was based mostly on the British legend of King Arthur. Lincoln Middle Theater described the present as “concerning the quest for democracy, striving for justice, and the tragic wrestle between ardour and aspiration, between lovers and kingdoms.”

“Camelot” options music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Lerner and Loewe additionally wrote “My Truthful Girl.” Lincoln Middle Theater stated that Sorkin’s e book could be “reimagined for the twenty first century” however based mostly on the unique written by Lerner.

The musical has been revived on Broadway a number of occasions, most not too long ago in 1993, and was tailored as a movie in 1967.

The brand new manufacturing is scheduled to start performances Nov. 3 and open Dec. 8 at Lincoln Middle’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, which is a 1,080-seat Broadway home. No casting has been introduced.