The master of sci-fi horror, Steven King, has written the script for “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,” which will be seen on the big New York stage in April 2009 at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The music will be written by rock n’ roll star John Mellencamp.

Yahoo News quotes the Alliance, which announced the project last week, describing the play as “a sultry Southern gothic mystery with a blues-tinged, guitar-driven score.”

The story revolves around the deaths of two brothers and young girl in a fictional Mississippi town in 1957. There’s a legend that grows out of the tragedy. The story’s original conception is due to Mellencamp, who heard the story in his own hometown of Seymour, Ind.

The play will be directed by Peter Askin, known for his direction of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

Mellencamp is quoted in a Rolling Stone interview and then at Playbill.com as saying, “If it goes well in Atlanta, then we’ll come to Broadway. If it don’t go well in Atlanta, we’re done.”

It’s hard to know exactly how this will work out. Steven King has a prolific career as one of America’s great novelists. Many of his books have been converted to hit movies, including “The Shining,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” and “Stand By Me.” Time will tell if he can make it to Broadway. I wouldn’t bet against him.

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