Melodrama is one of the most maligned genres, often denigrated by people who think they’re above being manipulated by a movie. But a great melodrama is really a vessel, a place for us to put ...

Two of Tinseltown’s biggest stars are reportedly teaming up for a new project. Beyoncé and Zendaya are in talks to remake Douglas Sirk’s classic 1959 melodrama “Imitation of Life,” according to the ...

Legend has been tapped to write the score to the stage adaptation of the 1933 novel and subsequent films. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Universal Theatrical Group and Get Lifted Film Co, a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Imitation of Life confronts the complexities and contradictions of racial identity ...

John Legend is writing the score to a stage adaptation of the 1959 film Imitation of Life. The musical, which is in development and aiming for Broadway, features a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize ...

A stage musical adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel Imitation of Life and its film versions is under development at Universal Theatrical Group, with Lynn Nottage writing the book and John Legend ...