Some things sound so weird you kind of have to be intrigued, and I freely admit that the concept of a Broadway musical collaboration between Stephen King and John Mellencamp falls into that category for me.
They’ve been trying to get a project called THE GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY off the ground for awhile now, and according to Playbill the project is moving forward. Here’s what Mellencamp had to share on the concept:
There are two brothers; they’re 19 years old or 20, maybe 18 or 21, who are very competitive and dislike each other immensely. The father takes them to the family vacation place, a cabin that the boys hadn’t been to since they were kids.
What has happened is that the father had two older brothers who hated each other and killed each other in that cabin,” he continued. “There’s a confederacy of ghosts who also live in this house. The older [dead] brothers are there, and they speak to the audience, and they sing to the audience. That’s all I want to say, except through this family vacation, many things are learned about the family, and many interesting songs are sung.
I’d love to give you some kind of clever wrap up to this odd tale, but I really don’t know what else to say on the matter.