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NEW YORK \u2014 The infamous Fyre Festival appears to finally be happening after two disastrous tries \u2014 and this time there will actually be music.<\/p>\n
Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi and his wife, recording artist Rita Ora, announced on Monday they\u2019re setting their sights on Broadway by producing a musical based on the catastrophic event that landed brainchild Billy McFarland behind bars for fraud.<\/p>\n
\u201cFyre Festival The Musical\u201d is currently in development, with Waititi and Ora joining a team that includes \u201cRock of Ages\u201d producer Matthew Weaver and Emmy-winning production company Hungryman.<\/p>\n
The musical has been described as a comedy about McFarland and the ill-fated 2017 festival that made international headlines and spurred binge-worthy documentaries on Netflix and Hulu.<\/p>\n
Co-founded by rapper Ja Rule and heavily promoted on social media by celebrities, Fyre Fest ultimately left its big-spending attendees stranded on an island in the Bahamas after they arrived to find an incomplete site, cold cheese sandwiches and FEMA-style tents for accommodations. Basic provisions never materialized, let alone the gourmet cuisine and VIP villas they were promised.<\/p>\n
Amid the chaos \u2014 which also included cancellations from artists and influencers such as Migos, Blink-182 and Kendall Jenner \u2014 organizers aborted the festival altogether, leaving hundreds of ticketholders without food and shelter, and scrambling to get flights home.<\/p>\n
A preliminary description for the forthcoming musical reads: \u201cIt\u2019s not just a Greek-sized tragedy of one man\u2019s con. It\u2019s a satirical indictment of an entire generation. \u2018Fyre Fest The Musical.\u2019 It\u2019s about as wrong as a bad idea can go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hungryman co-founder Bryan Buckley, an Oscar-nominated writer\/director who\u2019s also known as the King of Super Bowl commercials, wrote the script for the musical.<\/p>\n
Oscar, Golden Globe and seven-time Grammy winner Paul Epworth created the music, while David Korins, the award-winning scenic designer of \u201cHamilton,\u201d is attached to design the set.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never saw myself doing a theatrical musical comedy,\u201d Buckley said in Monday\u2019s announcement. \u201cBut then again, I never saw something completely mind-bendingly ridiculous and intriguing as what went down with Fyre Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to describe the event as \u201ca spectacular failed endeavor that will haunt a generation forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of producing the musical, Waititi \u2014 who studied theater in his native New Zealand \u2014 said: \u201cHonestly, I think the idea is exciting, weird and potentially disastrous, which seems apt and is how I like to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
To coincide with the announcement, a rep for the show said a 100-foot barge would be released from Staten Island into New York Harbor and anchored in Brooklyn. There will also be guerilla art installations promoting the production around New York City.<\/p>\n
A cast and a premiere date have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s announcement comes five months after McFarland said his second attempt at Fyre Fest had been postponed indefinitely and refunds would be issued. Tickets for Fyre Festival 2, scheduled to take place in Mexico, had gone on sale in February starting at $1,400.<\/p>\n
He later said he hoped to sell the Fyre Fest brand to someone better equipped to execute what he started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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