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Why I am writing a musical with Elton John on Zoom
The British playwright and screenwriter James Graham is using lockdown to work on a new musical with singer and songwriter Sir Elton John.
Mr Graham, told Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur the musical was about US televangelists in Ronald Reagan's 1980s America and how they became some of the biggest ministries in the world.
But the coronavirus pandemic was making it harder to write: "It is not easy. None of the great 20th Century musicals were written over Skype and Zoom," said Mr Graham.
But he and Sir Elton were sharing ideas over Zoom. They hoped to finish the musical in lockdown so it could be seen next year when theatres reopen.
