Prince Musical With Unheard
Songs Could Hit Broadway
Koppelman reportedly said one of the places some
of that music could end up is a jukebox-style
Broadway musical or, in a similar vein as the Michael
Jackson: One Cirque du Soleil show or the Beatles
LOVE spectacular, as a Cirque musical.
“Prince was an icon on the level of The Beatles and
Michael Jackson, and his legacy should be honored,”
Koppelman added. “Though his name was Prince, I
always thought he was the king of music.” No
specific plans had been revealed at press time.
In a similar arrangement as the one set up to handle
Jackson’s estate — in which two men who long
worked with the singer, lawyer John Branca and
music industry veteran John McClain were hired to
help sort out his estate — the court-appointed
special administrator of Prince’s estate, Bremer
Trust, chose Koppelman and McMillan to handle
affairs because of their long relationship with the
artist.
McMillan, chairman and CEO of The NorthStar
Enterprises Worldwide and owner of The Source
magazine, worked with Prince for more than a
decade, during which the star was freed from his
Warner Bros. contract.
Koppelman, chairman and CEO of CAK
Entertainment Inc., signed Prince to EMI for his
Emancipation triple album.
The tales of unreleased music in Prince’s vault are legend.
But now two music industry veterans who worked closely
with the late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer are saying some of
those unheard tunes could end up as part of a potential
Broadway musical.
Just days after veteran music industry executive Charles
Koppelman and the singer’s longtime lawyer/manager, L.
Londell McMillan, were appointed to help administer
Prince’s estate and handle his entertainment assets in the
wake of his shock death at age 57 in April, Koppelman told
the New York Post they have big plans.
Bremer had already begun looking for ways to
exploit the estate, with talk of potentially turning
Prince’s Paisley Park studio complex into a
Graceland-style museum in