"Butler's own band, the famed indie rock group Arcade Fire, lived in Montreal, miles away from the big industry players and famed recording studios. Despite that, pressure still hovered over the Grammy-winning band, threatening their self-contained creative bubble. You could tell there was a monster lurking just off-screen, said Butler, who left the band in 2021. That monster is one Butler revisited when signing on to create the music for a fictional band that buckles under the immense pressure of expectations in Stereophonic."
"Now the show is making a national tour stop at the Curran Theatre, co-presented by American Conservatory Theater and BroadwaySF. It runs through Nov. 23. Set in 1976 in a recording studio in Sausalito (where the famed Record Plant was located), the play centers on a fictional, unnamed rock band that sets out to record their sophomore album, trying to capture lightning in a bottle a second time."
Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, confronted the pressure to reproduce studio success when he composed music for a fictional band in Stereophonic. The production received 13 Tony nominations and won five, and it is touring nationally with a stop at the Curran Theatre through Nov. 23. Set in 1976 at a Sausalito recording studio, the story follows an unnamed rock band attempting to capture lightning on their sophomore album amid backstabbing, side deals, addiction, depression, infidelity and greed. The work is a play with music that examines the cost of artistic survival and prompted a lawsuit alleging lifted scenes.
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