Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a musical based on John Berendt's 1994 nonfiction bestseller, will make a Broadway bow in 2025, with cast, dates, and theatre to be announced, Playbill reported. The work had its world premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre earlier this year.
The production is written by Taylor Mac, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The creative team from the Chicago run will reprise their work, led by director Rob Ashford. The team also includes choreographer Tanya Birl-Torres, scenic designer Christopher Oram, costume designer Toni-Leslie James, lighting designers Neil Austin and Jamie Platt, and sound designer Jon Weston.
Berendt said, "When I took my seat at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago last July to watch, for the first time, a full production of the Midnight musical, I had pen and notebook in hand, poised to jot down comments in the dark. After 20 minutes I realized I hadn't written a word. I'd been captivated by Jason Robert Brown's imaginative score, Taylor Mac's ingenious rendering of the (admittedly) complicated 388-page book, Tanya Birl-Torres' supple choreography, and Rob Ashford's resourceful and energetic shaping of it all in Christopher Oram's enchanting and right-on-target sets. So, I just sat back and enjoyed the show."