The catastrophe generally known as the Fyre Festival simply won’t die and now it’s being became a Broadway musical because of Rita Ora.

Rita Ora and her husband, Taika Waititi, are diving into the chaos of Fyre Festival and Broadway in a single daring swing to supply a stage musical based mostly on the notorious 2017 catastrophe within the Bahamas.

The undertaking, titled Fyre Fest The Musical, will chronicle the lifetime of Billy McFarland, who orchestrated the rise and spectacular collapse of the fraudulent luxurious music pageant.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, manufacturing is being written and directed by Bryan Buckley, greatest recognized for his Super Bowl commercials, with music by Grammy-winning producer Paul Epworth and set design by Broadway veteran David Korins, who labored on Hamilton.

Waititi described the idea as “exciting, weird, and potentially disastrous, which seems apt and is how I like to work.”

The unique Fyre Festival was marketed as an elite getaway for influencers and rich millennials, promising luxurious lodging and performances by top-tier artists.

Instead, attendees arrived to search out FEMA tents, chilly cheese sandwiches and no reside music. The occasion was abruptly canceled, stranding many on the island.

McFarland, who spearheaded the occasion, pleaded responsible to wire fraud in 2018 and was sentenced to 6 years in jail. He was launched in March 2022.

According to the FBI, he agreed to forfeit $26 million in restitution. Federal prosecutors referred to as him “the consummate con artist.”

In July, McFarland sold the intellectual property rights on eBay for $245,300.

The winner of this digital yard sale now owns all the things from the Fyre title to its social media accounts, domains, logos, and advertising and marketing information.

The musical’s artistic workforce has not revealed a gap date or confirmed whether or not it is going to head to Broadway.

However, the manufacturing will kick off with a launch occasion on Monday, that includes a 100-foot barge docked in Brooklyn, in addition to artwork installations all through the week.

Two documentaries concerning the failed pageant—one from Netflix and one other from Hulu—debuted in 2019, each highlighting the size of deception and mismanagement.

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