It’s easy to be sceptical about Paul McCartney’s announcement that he’s written a musical adaptation of the 1946 Frank Capra film It’s a Wonderful Life, but that won’t stop me. The good news for Sir Paul is that, say what you want about any of these flops, I’d rather spend an evening with any one of them than watch Phantom of the Opera again. Writing musical theatre is hard and the cutting room of history is littered with unrealised projects. All that said, Sir Paul, if you still need a lyricist to tweak your musical, I’d be honoured to be the Bernie Taupin to your Sir Elton. Again, I’m quite prepared to sketch out a few numbers for either, Sir Paul, if you’d fancy.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2019 09:00 UTC