Britney Spears songs to feature in new musical about Jesus
Theater producers in New York are set to launch a new musical about Jesus set to the tunes of Britney Spears.
Tracks including Stronger, (You Drive Me) Crazy and ...Baby One More Time are being used to score Spears The Musical: The Gospel According to Britney, which will detail the birth, life, death and resurrection of the Christian figurehead.
Show creator Pat Blute says, "These are Britney's lyrics. These are
Jesus Christ's images. The Britney Spears you see is not Britney
Spears. Remember that. The Jesus Christ you read is not Jesus
Christ. These are manifestations. Accounts through the media,
through the words of followers, of friends, of foes, of villains,
of heroes, of liars, of biases.
"It's a falsehood that people believe fame and fortune create
happiness. That all 'deaths' receive a resurrection. I hope this
project will show you otherwise through the power of listening and
the power of forgiveness."
The musical is set to be previewed for investors in the Big Apple
on 7 November (13).
It's not the only odd news concerning Spears that has hit headlines
this week (begs28Oct13) - security shipping crews accompanying
supertankers off the coast of Africa have been using the Toxic
hitmaker's music to scare off Somali pirates.
British Merchant Navy officer Rachel Owens, who guides ships
through the dangerous seas, recently revealed, "As soon as the
pirates get a blast of Britney they move on as quickly as they can.
Her songs were chosen by security accompanying tankers because they
thought the pirates would hate them most."