Van Hove outlined some story specifics, reading from a note scrawled in his script: “ Lazarus focuses on Newton as he remains on Earth, a man unable to die, his head soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. Hall will portray Newton in the upcoming show). The play focuses on the novel’s alien protagonist Thomas Newton, whom Bowie played in Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film adaptation ( Dexter‘s Michael C. The curtain covering David Bowie‘s mysterious musical-theater project Lazarus was pulled back slightly by the show’s director, Ivo van Hove, who offered some details about the plot to The New York Times.Ĭo-written by Bowie and Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh ( Once), Lazarus has been billed as an extension of Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, The Man Who Fell to Earth.
