Jimmy Fallon is about to reprise his function as band supervisor Dennie Hope in the musical adaptation of Cameron Crowe‘s 2000 movie, Almost Famous, in line with a report by Deadline. Fallon performed the small function of the perennially stressed-out Hope, the highway supervisor for the fictional band Stillwater, within the film.
Crowe appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon over three years in the past when he talked about the event of the musical to Fallon whereas selling his documentary David Crosby – Remember My Name. At the time, he supplied Fallon an open invite to reprise the function at any time. Crowe then returned to the present to advertise Almost Famous on November 1.
“In the spirit of the musical and the cast being our ‘band,’ we love the idea of our favorites and future favorites dropping in to ‘jam,’” Crowe informed Deadline. “The whole thing began with Jimmy — as the link between the two (film and musical) casts.” Crowe co-wrote the lyrics for the musical’s songs, which is able to embody songs from the movie together with ‘Fever Dog’ by Stillwater. In addition, it is going to characteristic hit songs from the Nineteen Seventies together with Led Zeppelin’s ‘Ramble On’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love,’ David Bowie’s ‘It Ain’t Easy,’ Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s ‘Simple Man,’ and – followers rejoice – Elton John‘s ‘Tiny Dancer.’ Music for the musical is written by Tom Kitt who additionally collaborated with Crowe on the track lyrics.
The authentic movie was a semi-autobiographical authentic story by Crowe, a couple of teenage aspiring journalist who tries his luck and finally ends up bagging a fee from Rolling Stone journal to comply with the rock band Stillwater on the highway. The coming-of-age story, primarily based on Crowe’s personal youth, is taken into account by many to be the director’s magnum opus, and featured Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anna Paquin, Zooey Deschanel and Jason Lee amongst others.
Almost Famous obtained widespread essential acclaim upon its launch, with common reward given to the performances of Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson, in what was thought-about her star-making function because the ‘groupie’ or ‘band-aid’ referred to as Penny Lane. Both actresses have been nominated for Academy Awards for his or her performances. The movie was additionally victorious within the Best Original Screenplay class for Crowe’s script. The movie additionally gained the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, whereas Hudson gained Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In addition, it additionally gained the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack for a Motion Picture in 2001.
You can catch the trailer for Almost Famous beneath. The film is accessible to stream through Showtime on Hulu. The musical opens on November 3 on the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.