Mandela on Broadway!

A forthcoming memoir on Nelson Mandela will serve as the basis for a new musical about the South African leader's fight to end apartheid, reports Daily Variety.

The production will mix historical events with anecdotes from a forthcoming memoir by Zindzi Mandela about growing up in the apartheid era as the daughter of Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Peace Prize winner whose efforts played a major role in ending the South African policy of racial segregation. He was elected president of the nation when apartheid was abolished in 1994.

No creative team or director has yet been nailed down for the project, although Welcome Msomi, a South African scribe and producer, will assist with the show.

Routh/Frankel/Baruch/Viertel Group and PSE Broadway have teamed to serve as producers for the project, which is aiming for a Broadway debut in May 2010. (eurweb)

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