"Back in the mid-1980s, Cyndi Lauper was a Grammy Award-winning radio and MTV pop superstar when she got a call from actress Sigourney Weaver. Weaver was preparing to play Melanie Griffith's villainous boss in the Mike Nichols film "Working Girl," and she encouraged Lauper, a fellow New York City native, to come in and read for a part. Lauper declined the offer to focus on her music,"
""At the time (in the '80s) I didn't know who Mike Nichols was, and anyway I thought the movie came out great the way it was. But I thought the fact that the project came around to me again meant something," Lauper said in an interview earlier this month. "Maybe I should do it because of the '80s ... For music, it was a great time, so I thought it would be fun to do.""
In the mid-1980s Cyndi Lauper was a Grammy-winning pop star who declined an acting offer from Sigourney Weaver to focus on music. In 2013 Kevin Wade asked Lauper to write songs for a Working Girl musical adaptation, and Lauper agreed after earning a Tony for Kinky Boots. Lauper wrote an '80s-inspired score and lyrics and collaborated with Rob Hyman, Sammy James Jr., and Cheryl James on several songs. The musical features a book by Theresa Rebeck. The world premiere takes place at La Jolla Playhouse, with previews beginning Tuesday and a run through Dec. 7 at the Mandell Weiss Theatre.
Read at San Diego Union-Tribune
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