Mitski Is Writing the Score for a ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Musical
“I was a fan of the Netflix show, and an even greater fan of the original novel.”
Mitski has shared that she’s been enlisted to pen the music for an upcoming Queen’s Gambit theater adaptation. The singer-songwriter will be writing the score for a musical based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel, which follows the journey of young chess prodigy Beth Harmon during the Cold War era.
The novel was adapted into a hit Netflix miniseries in 2020, starring Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Harmon, an orphan, who quickly rises through the ranks of the male-dominated scene of competitive chess. and the plans for a stage production were announced the following year. As the composer, Mitski joins a team led by scriptwriter Eboni Booth, who wrote the off-Broadway play Primary Trust, and director Whitney White, who is currently directing the Broadway production JaJa’s African Hair Braiding.
“Before [production company] Level Forward even brought the idea of making a musical of The Queen’s Gambit, I was a fan of the Netflix show, and an even greater fan of the original novel. So I was already determined to be a member of this team,” Mitski told Deadline in a statement.
“And then I met Eboni and Whitney, and my determination grew tenfold! I absolutely had to be a part of this! I am ecstatic to get to work with all of these amazing creatives, who’ve each built beautiful and unique repertoires of their own.”
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