Sean Hepburn Ferrer has united with writer-producer José Ignacio Salmerón and composer Fernando Velázquez to create a stage musical, “Buscando a Audrey” (“Turning into Audrey”), about Audrey Hepburn. The tuner, depicting the style icon, Golden Globe-winning actress and humanitarian, is concentrating on a Spring 2025 debut in Madrid.
The unique rating and lyrics are by Spanish composer Velázquez, winner of a Grammy Award and a Goya, and soundtrack creator of a few of Spain’s high movie hits similar to “The Inconceivable,” “The Spanish Affair” and “The Orphanage.”
Along with his rating, the musical will embrace the final unpublished track by composer Henry Mancini, winner of 20 Grammy Awards. This 12 months marks the centenary of Mancini, who died in 1994. He composed scores for a lot of Hepburn movies, together with “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” through which the actress launched the track “Moon River.”
The thought and script comes from Salmerón, a comic, screenwriter and producer of quite a few theatrical hits. “To construct a musical across the persona of Audrey Hepburn has been an thrilling problem. This distinctive and stylish lady, with infinite kindness, has been a unprecedented supply of inspiration to create a musical comedy stuffed with feelings and surprises,” states Salmerón.
Ferrer commented: “This isn’t the traditional biography. When my mom was requested to put in writing hers, she at all times answered: ‘Nothing particular occurred to me. I simply went to work and other people favored it.’ We created a script with deep cinematic roots that mirrors her life, profession and humanitarian legacy.”
The author-film producer says they selected Madrid as a result of, “along with being the third capital when it comes to enterprise quantity for musicals, Madrid is within the midst of a social and financial increase. Moreover, my ancestors are Spanish – we spent many completely satisfied years right here – my mom at all times beloved this glorious tradition.”
His father was actor-producer Mel Ferrer, who was married to the actress 1954-1968.
The Golden Globes nominated her as greatest actress 9 occasions, and she or he received as soon as. She was additionally given the Cecil B. DeMille Award on the 1990 ceremony.
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) continues to high the rankings of vogue, model, magnificence and magnificence. Greater than 300 hundred books have been written about her, whereas documentaries and tv sequence proceed to be produced about her life and her title continuously seems within the media undoubtedly additionally on account of her humanitarian legacy.
As a teen within the Nineteen Forties, she danced in performances to lift cash for the Dutch resistance. In 1954, she started to work on behalf of UNICEF, and late in her profession, she put performing on the again burner as she labored on behalf of the group.