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Article: From page to the stage. (interview with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott whose collaboration with Paul Simon 'The Capeman' will be shown in Broadway)(Interview)
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- December 1, 1997
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As his cocreation. The Capeman heads for Broadway, Nobel laureate Derek Walcott describes the joy of collaborating with Paul Simon, and defends the singer against his politically correct detractors
Derek Walcott and Paul Simon met several years ago In a recording studio, and soon after began work on The Capeman, a musical about 1950s Puerto Rican-gang member Salvador Agron, which begins previews on Broadway this month. The collaboration between the 1992 Nobel laureate in literature and the popular songwriter is not as unusual as It may seem. Each is a poet who has long admired the other's work, and each has an instinctive interest in the typos of music - Latin, ...