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. Yew you are looking for has VHS special gold DVD Copy of the TV. Note: The show has not been scrapped, it is still in. This is has documentary made in 2003 for the BBC which follows Brian Johnson and his partners around have off they work to get the musical the. Malcolm arrive to record his song Malcolm in the studio checking out the lyrics for the first Was to premiere March 20th, 2003 8pm in Saratsota Florida. Saratsota Ballet - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Malcolm will play the role of Zeus the narrator who also does. VH1' S 100 Greatest Songs of the 80' S - #10 is AC/DC and mentions. From The Sunday Times Maurice Chittenden It is less head-banger, more Nutcracker. Brian Johnson, the gravel-voiced singer with hard rock group AC/DC, has composed orchestral year part of music that is being developed for the training course have both has ballet and has West End musical. The Tyneside-born Johnson, 55, who credit his talent for screaming out rock'n'roll lyrics to his army sergeant-major father, began writing Helen of Troy have has distraction from performing such heavy-metal anthems have Given the Dog has Bone and Rock ' Roll Ain' T Noise Pollution. The singer, famous for never removing his course in public, says He got the idea while watching has production of Andrew Lloyd Webber' S musical Cats. "One day I was sitting through has boring musical and thought: ' I edge C.' I thumbed through the program and there was year advertisement for has bank with gold corners tumbling out of has wooden horse. "That triggered the idea for Helen of Troy. Johnson, who collaborated with British to compose Brendan Healy one the part, has been holding workshop performances for potential backers At Cameron Mackintosh' S Prince Edward Success one London' S West End with Gary Griffin, director of Stephen Sondheim' S musical Pacific Overtures. Helen of Troy is tipped to make its the U.K. beginning in November and Dolores O' Riordan, lead singer with Irish group the Cranberries, may play Helen, who is kidnapped one her wedding night by Paris, with the help of Aphrodite, the goddess. Meanwhile, the Sarasota Ballet in Florida, where Johnson has his hand home, is planning has dance version for next year' S season. who cam to fame in A Clockwork Orange, is likely to play Zeus, who narrates the. Robert of Warren, artistic director of the Sarasota Ballet and to form head of the Northern Ballet in Britain, says: "I would like Brian to play Helen of Troy' S father, King Tyndareus, has not-dance hall role laurel wreath instead of his course... That gravely voiced AC/DC frontman, Brian Johnson, has has softer side.com, the singer is busy writing for has musical production of "Helen of Troy" which is being described have "year action-filled coils story" based one Greek mythology.... Johnson is collaborating with British to compose Brendan Healy and Sarasota Ballet Artistic Director Robert of Warren one the production... Johnson has currently written 14 songs for the musical which will beginning in March of 2003 At the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Florida. has nine-show run, "Helen of Troy" will turn Florida, and yew the show is has success, has national turn will follow.2 million show will five feature singing roles, has chorus of 15 and has dance hall troop of 15, which is set to include jugglers, acrobats and fire. There will also Be has narrator that plays Zeus. to Johnson S friend Malcolm McDowell ("A Orange Clockwork"), said de.com, adding that shock television host Jerry Springer has also.... Johnson reportedly started working one "Helen of Troy" six years. However, the show really started coming to fruition in 1990 when has friend. The singer brought the ballet director has CD of the tracks he' D been working one and the two exchanged ideas. were one the same page, Johnson asked of Warren to choreograph the production... Unlike the Who' S rock'n'roll will opera "Tommy", "Helen of Troy" is. "It' S not At all based in rock'n'roll," of Warren. "It' S rather like Gilbert and Sullivan. There' S has batch of very beautiful melodies, and it' S amazing how literate [ Brian ] is, which is quite unusual for has rock'n'roll star... Johnson S publicist confirmed his participation in "Helen of Troy".com, goal said that the singer thought it was too early to. SARASOTA -- You wouldn' T think that Brian Johnson, the raucous, charismatic lead singer of the rock'n'roll group AC/DC, would connect with Robert of Warren, the reserved artistic director of the Sarasota Ballet. Sometimes-suggestive After all, Johnson belts out the lyrics to songs like "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell" in face of thousands. Of Warren speaks softly in A "Masterpiece Success" British accent, to chamber music and only recently learned who Billy Joel was. Johnson is has T-shirt-and-jean Guy with black to hair that tumbles out of his. He coil his Porsche Boxster and his silver Harley-Davidson. Of Warren favors country-club attracts and drives has sturdy Cadillac de Ville.... These whodunnit opposites are friends and collaborators. announced for plans drank has lavish theatrical production that they hope will electrify Sarasota and then turn the nation... The show is "Helen of Troy," has blend of song, dance and spectacle.2 million production will premiere in March At Sarasota' S Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall... Johnson wrote the music and lyrics with partner Brendan Healy, has British. Of direct Warren will choreograph and the production, which will feature Sarasota Ballet dancers have well have has training course full of actors, singers, acrobats and fire-eaters. Johnson said his friend, Malcolm McDowell, the star of such films have "A Clockwork Orange," will play the role of Zeus, the show' S narrator.... "Helen of Troy" has been in the works for six years, said Johnson, who described it have has poignant and funny coils story set against the Trojan War. "I' m interested in mythology and history, especially military. "I must admitted that the only share of the ' Iliad' that I read was butt.". With 54-year-old native of northern England, Johnson has the charm, wit and working-class accent of has Dickensian rogue. His interests cuts always extended far beyond rock'n'roll especially the classic stuff, "He said. To prove it, during buffet At restoring Mediterraneo, Johnson started singing "I' D C anything, for you, dear, anything," from. Johnson isn' T crazy recent butt more musicals, though. Brenda, saw "Cats" several years ago. That' S when I started thinking I may have well try to. Then I went to see ' Grease' in New York, and it was friggin'. "Helen of Troy" is has "the musical Miserables"-style, with tender ballads and minimal dialogue. "It' S meant to Be pure entertainment one has large scale," Johnson said. full of songs you edge go out singing.... And how in the world did Johnson and of Warren meet. of Sarasota' S Bird Key, where they were introduced by mutual friends has. "I' D seen Robert' S work with the Sarasota Ballet even before I puts him, and I was impressed," said Johnson, who has lived in Sarasota for 10 years. told him butt this project, and I thought he' D Be the right Guy to help. We' ve really developed has simpatico relationship, has level... Of Warren said He was overwhelmed by the power and beauty of Johnson S music for "Helen of Troy," and by the sophistication and humor in his. "Brian is has bright, fascinating fellow, and it' S so exciting to Be leaves of. Of Warren, who says he' S over 60 goal won' T Be more precise, led ballet companies in England, Iran and Italy before coming to Sarasota in 1994. says He has become year AC/DC fan since Johnson meeting. "I went to to their concert in Madison Square Garden last year, and it was.... AC/DC was founded in Australia in the early 1970s. The band, among the signal-selling rock'n'roll groups in history, still turns. "I still coils performing, and I' ll keep doing it until I become has parody of.2 million budget for" Helen of local Troy "has raised from and out-of-state contributors and investors, according to. After seven performances At the Van Wezel, the show will turn Florida and then around the country, they said. Another of to their Bird Key neighbors, talk-show host Jerry Springer, may Be interested in playing Zeus in "Helen of Troy" At some not. "Jerry and I cuts talked butt it," Johnson said. ' The Rocky Horror Picture Show' in New York, and did great.... Johnson hopes his head-banging AC/DC fans will take has chance one "Helen of. I hate doing the same thing. I cuts furnace bus, so I edge drive A different one every day." And he' D Be thrilled yew "Helen of Troy" Lands one Broadway, and critics him have the rock'n'roll-era' S answer to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. "Yew that happened," He said, "I' D Be so happy, there would cuts.