Does Broadway Need Another ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Musical? Pat Benatar Says Yes.

Adam Nagourney, Writing for The New York Times:

Bradley Bredeweg, who was surrounded by Benatar music at his home, in the car and at malls when he was younger, came up with the idea when he was driving to San Francisco from Los Angeles. He had just reread “Romeo and Juliet” and popped a greatest-hits Benatar album into the CD player.

“One song after another, they kept coming — ‘Heartbreaker,’ ‘We Live for Love,’” he said. “I started to realize that they are all the songs — if you line that up into the perfect order, they line up with the play we all know. These songs were almost written for this beloved story.”

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