Lazarus: a musical

• Based on Walter Tevis' bestselling book The Man Who Fell to Earth • Premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop (Off-Broadway) in the fall of 2015, in a highly anticipated, sold-out production• Premiere production starred Michael C. Hall, famous for playing the titular character on Dexter • Opens on London's West End October 25, 2016 starring Michael C. Hall and directed by Ivo van Hove• Music and lyrics by pop rock icon David Bowie -- making this title appealing to a massive demographic beyond theatre & academic circles, especially with the timing of the play's original production taking place so close to his death• Enda Walsh also wrote the book for the acclaimed Broadway musical Once, for which he won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book; the musical also won the Lucille Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award, Drama Desk Award, Laurence Olivier Award, and Tony Award for Best Musical in 2013. It also won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album•His popular plays The Walworth Farce (2006) and The New Electric Ballroom (2004) continue to be performed in major regional theatres across the country each year