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In unlikely theater news, a famous horror author and a red-blooded American rock star have teamed up to make a Broadway play. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a play written by Stephen King and scored by John Mellencamp, will open at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre in April 2009 in preparation for an eventual Broadway run, the Associated Press reports. The director is Peter Askin, who is best known for directing the off-Broadway glam-rock mockumentary Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (His credits also include co-writing a little-known 1982 cult comedy called Smithereens, which depicts early 1980’s Manhattan in all its post-apocalyptic glory!)  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/stephen-king-and-john-mellencamp-team-make-sultry-southern-gothic#comments Arts & Culture Theater Hedwig and the Angry Inch John Mellencamp Peter Askin Stephen King Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:55:52 -0500 Joe Pompeo 65712 at http://www.observer.com King Phones It In http://www.observer.com/2007/king-phones-it

1408 is the latest product canned by the cottage industry known as Stephen King, but if you go expecting a horror movie, you’ll be disappointed.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/king-phones-it#comments Arts & Culture John Cusack Samuel L. Jackson Stephen King Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:01:21 -0400 Rex Reed 55265 at http://www.observer.com A Hugely Gifted Coquette, Munro Takes the Long View http://www.observer.com/node/50127 Runaway, by Alice Munro. Alfred A. Knopf, 335 pages, $25.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50127#comments Arts & Culture Alice Munro Daniel Asa Rose Stephen King The Knopf Publishing Group Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Daniel Asa Rose 50127 at http://www.observer.com A Thriller With Too Much Filler http://www.observer.com/node/48978 Like an action epic that doesn't move, or a musical that doesn't sing, there is something woefully d  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48978#comments Arts & Culture Angelina Jolie John Crowley Stephen King Timothy Hutton Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Rex Reed 48978 at http://www.observer.com Horror's Working-Class Hero Leads a Writing Seminar http://www.observer.com/node/43511 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft , by Stephen King.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/43511#comments Arts & Culture Frank Conroy George Orwell Stephen King University of Iowa Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:00:00 -0400 Frank Conroy 43511 at http://www.observer.com