Disgraced producer Garth Drabinsky, who served time in prison for fraud and forgery, is plotting his Broadway comeback. The vehicle is a musical based on the 1988 Shirley MacLaine film Madame Sousatzka. Drabinsky said Wednesday the show Sousatzka has songs by the composer-lyricist team of David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr., whose Broadway shows include 1996's Big. The musical will be directed by Adrian Noble and has a book by Craig Lucas, who wrote the story for An American in Paris. Because of Mr. Drabinsky's history, the production's financing will be raised and managed by an entity called Teatro Proscenium Limited Partnership, which named as its chief executive Richard Stursberg, a former executive vice president of the CBC.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2016 15:45 UTC