Diner Composer Sheryl Crow on Her First Foray to Broadway: ‘I Feel Like a New Kid at School’

Nine-time Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow has sold 35 million albums worldwide, and now the popular singer is adding another title to her resume: Broadway composer. Crow is currently working on a musical adaptation of the hit 1982 Barry Levinson film Diner. Broadway.com recently spoke to Crow at the Tony Awards red carpet about her first outing writing for the stage.

“You know what? Writing a Broadway musical wasn’t something that I sought to do," said Crow, "but Barry Levinson called me and asked if I would be interested in doing it. Not only is Barry [an] amazing and beautiful writer and director, but Diner is just such a beautiful piece of work. It's so fun, funny and poignant. I just jumped at the chance. It felt like a really fun assignment.”

Directed by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes), Diner will have a pre-Broadway outing at San Francisco’s SHN Curran Theatre from October 23 through November 18. Though the musical won't arrive in New York until the spring of 2013, Crow looks forward to joining the Broadway community.

“It’s full with really hip people,” Crow said of the theater world. “I feel like I’m a new kid at school. I’m a huge fan of Broadway and musicals. It’s an amazing world when you come to Broadway and you see musical productions or dramas happening right before your eyes. It is a different kind of world. It’s a different kind of acting, of projecting music and song and dance. I think it’s very respectful. It’s a nice world to be in.”