MADRID, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Audrey Hepburn,
the global icon, will have her own musical. Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey's son, joins forces
with screenwriter / producer José Ignacio Salmerón and composer
Fernando Velázquez to create a world class musical and to pre
announce the 2025 Madrid world premiere of "BUSCANDO A AUDREY"
("BECOMING AUDREY")
Madrid will be the showcase
from which it will be exported to the rest of the world.
Ferrer commented: "This is not the classic biography. When my
mother was asked to write hers, she always answered: 'Nothing
special happened to me. I just went to work and people liked it'.
We created a script with deep cinematic roots that mirrors her
life, career and humanitarian legacy.'
The writer / film producer acknowledges that they chose
Madrid to celebrate the world
premiere of the musical dedicated to his mother because, "in
addition to being the third capital in terms of business volume for
musicals, Madrid is in the midst
of a social and economic boom. Furthermore, my ancestors are
Spanish – we spent many happy years here – my mother always loved
this wonderful culture."
The idea and script for this creation comes from José Ignacio
Salmerón, a comedian, screenwriter and producer of numerous
theatrical hits. "To build a musical around the persona of
Audrey Hepburn has been an exciting
challenge. This unique and elegant woman, with infinite kindness,
has been an extraordinary source of inspiration to create a musical
comedy full of emotions and surprises," confesses Salmerón.
The original score and lyrics for "Buscando a Audrey" /
"Becoming Audrey" are by Spanish composer, Fernando Velázquez,
winner of a Grammy Award and a Goya, and soundtrack creator of some
of Spain's top film hits such as
The Impossible,The Spanish Affair and The
Orphanage.
In addition, the musical contains a hidden surprise: The last
unpublished song by the world renowned composer Henry Mancini,
winner of four Oscars and twenty Grammy Awards. 2024 marks the
centenary of Mancini's birth. He composed most of Audrey's film
soundtracks as well as the iconic Moon
River, which is immediately associated with Hepburn from
her first rendition in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
The production will have a top team of creative professionals
whose talent has earned them thirty prestigious awards (Max Theater
Awards, Musical Theater Awards and Broadway World)
Audrey Hepburn marked a before and after in Hollywood, becoming a myth for the way she
understood and lived her life. Today, with only five years left to
celebrate the centenary of her birth, she continues to top the
rankings of fashion, style, beauty and elegance. More than three
hundred books have been written about her, while documentaries and
television series continue to be produced about her life and her
name frequently appears in the media undoubtedly also due to her
humanitarian legacy.
This production will delight her faithful followers, lovers of
music, cinema and musicals as well as her youngest fans who want to
know how her charisma, elegance and humility conquered the world
and her legend was forged.
"BUSCANDO A AUDREY" ("BECOMING AUDREY") will premiere in
Madrid early Spring 2025.
www.buscandoaaudrey.com
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