True Blood’s amazing music composer Nathan Barr who has written the haunting yet lovely background for True Blood spoke to me on the Red Carpet at the True Blood Season 7 Premiere.
Then, at the after party I was speaking to someone from HBO and while they didn’t reveal anything, they did hint that Stephen Moyer had been involved and had been “singing.” Immediately, I thought that Stephen would make a great singing Bill since he has a wonderful voice, so much talent and was in two musicals last year alone, Chicago at the Hollywood Bowl and then on LIVE production of NBC’s The Sound of Music.
Below is a short video that I shot with Nathan where he talks about the possibility of a True Blood musical to go to Broadway.
However, it seems that Stephen Moyer won’t be playing the part of the “singing Bill Compton” because, in the interview with Stephen below, he admits that he has worked with Nathan on the project, but sadly, he will not be in the musical.
Composer Nathan Barr and actor Stephen Moyer, who stars as enlightened bloodsucker “Vampire Bill” Compton on the HBO show, have put together a musical version of the hit series that they hope to bring to Broadway.
“I helped Nathan with some of the songs and we presented them to producers,” Moyer told Confidenti@l at the “True Blood” season seven premiere in L.A. Tuesday, where he was joined by wife and co-star Anna Paquin. “It is really interesting what he is doing and the music was actually quite good.”
Though he was happy to help Barr behind the scenes, Moyer, who starred in NBC’s highly rated live telecast of “The Sound of Music” last December, tells us he won’t be playing “Vampire Bill” on Broadway.
“Working in Broadway is tough and we have a young family here in L.A. And this stage show would be a younger man’s role,” says Moyer, 44. “It’s time for me to move on from this now. I have loved every minute of it, but Anna and I are laying it to rest.”
This isn’t the first time a popular TV vampire show has taken a stab at the musical genre. In November 2001, UPN’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” aired a 50-minute, one-time musical episode called “One More, With Feeling,” which is widely regarded as that show’s finest hour. It even enjoyed a limited cinema run.
source: nydailynews.com
