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Florence Welch is Turning This Iconic Story into Broadway Musical!

Florence Welch has a new project in the works!

The 34-year-old Florence + the Machine singer is working on adapting The Great Gatsby into a Broadway musical, Variety reports.

Florence is currently working on writing the lyrics for songs to be included in the show, while collaborating with Grammy nominee Thomas Bartlett for the music.

The show, which is tentatively being called The Great Gatsby, A New Musical, will be written by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok and directed by Olivier Award nominee Rebecca Frecknall. As of right now, the show does not have a release date.

Originally written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and released in 1925, The Great Gatsby has been turned into a movie four times, most recently in 2013 starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Tobey Maguire. Florence was featured on the movie’s soundtrack.

“This book has haunted me for a large part of my life,” Florence said in a statement about the project. “It contains some of my favorite lines in literature. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism. It is an honor to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song.”

Dakota Johnson & Lil Nas X Look Chic at Digital Screening of Gucci Aria

Lil Nas X and Dakota Johnson are looking fashionable!

The superstars joined many celebrities to attend a digital screening of Gucci Aria.

The project is part of Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele’s vision of a “hacking lab” to experiment with “incursions and contaminations.”

Alessandro Michele “hacked” Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia and borrowing from some of his Balenciaga designs for the Aria collection.

Attendees included music superstars Phoebe Bridgers, Anderson .Paak, St. Vincent, Mark Ronson, Celeste, Arlo Parks and Florence Welch, as well as Sienna Miller The Hate U Give‘s Amandla Stenberg, The Walking Dead star Steven Yuen, Slave Play playwright Jeremy O. Harris and Station Eleven‘s Nabhaan Rizwan.

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Florence Welch is Celebrating Seven Years of Sobriety

Florence Welch is marking a major milestone.

The 34-year-old Florence and the Machine singer took to her Instagram on Tuesday (February 2) to celebrate seven years of sobriety.

“♥️I am 7 years sober today,” Florence started. “I send my love and support to anyone who is struggling. If you are feeling shaky around ED issues, drugs or alcohol, I completely understand.”

She continued, “The desire to disassociate is so strong. But please don’t give up. We are going to need you on the other side.♥️ x X”

Back in 2018, Florence opened up about her battle with substance abuse and why she decided to get sober.

“Being an extreme drinker was a huge part of my identity. Music and alcohol are sort of my first two loves,” Florence shared with Rolling Stone. “When I stopped, there was this sense that I was letting some ghost of rock history down that I just couldn’t cope anymore. It was monumental. It wasn’t like, ‘I want to be healthy and I need a change of pace.’ It was like, ‘I’m going to die. I need to stop.’”

Just recently, this actor opened up about his decision to get sober 30 years ago.

Dakota Johnson & Florence Welch Pose With Gucci Creative Family for 'T Magazine'!

Dakota Johnson and Florence Welch are celebrating the Gucci vision.

The 30-year-old Fifty Shades actress and the 33-year-old Florence + The Machine singer both appear on one of the four covers of T Magazine‘s 2020 Culture issue.

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The issue celebrates various groups of people who “are bound not by blood or genetics or law, but by something more profound and just as durable — call it an affinity, if you will.”

Dakota and Florence posed with Gucci‘s creative director Alessandro Michele in a photo that also included agent and activist Bethann Hardison, actress Benedetta Porcaroli, writer Sinead Burke, designer and musician Zumi Rosow, musician Mykki Blanco, actress Alba Rohrwacher.

“We’re like kids when we get together, like when I was in school and we’d all go crazy over indie music or rap or how we all wanted the same hat. Friendship is a gift,” Alessandro says of their bond.

For more from the shoot, head to NYTimes.com.

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Dakota Johnson Sits Front Row at Gucci Fashion Show in Italy

Dakota Johnson flashes a smirk as she sits front row at the Gucci Fashion Show on Wednesday afternoon (February 19) in Milan, Italy.

The 30-year-old actress kept things classic in a chic black suit as she sat next to Salma Hayek‘s husband Francois Henri Pinault, who is the chairman and CEO of Kering, the company that owns luxury fashion brands as Gucci.

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Other stars at the fashion show included grown-ish star Yara Shahidi, Florence + the Machine singer Florence Welch, and The Hate U Give actress Amandla Stenberg.

If you missed it, Dakota Johnson recently directed this band’s new music video!

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Ruth Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw & More Stars Glam Up for Evening Standard Theatre Awards!

Ruth Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Florence Welch are gorgeous as they hit the red carpet at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards held at the London Coliseum on Sunday (November 24) in London, England.

The three ladies were joined at the event by Douglas Booth, Lashana Lynch, Laura Carmichael, Jeremy Irvine, Poppy Delevingne and her husband James Cook, Jourdan Dunn, Martha Plimpton, Damian Lewis and his wife Helen McCrory, Joely Richardson, Ellie Bamber and Connor Swindells.

Also in attendance at the award ceremony were Fleabag co-star Sian Clifford, Ian McKellen, Elena Perminova, Hayley Atwell, Tosin Cole, Stefanie Martini, Hannah Arterton, Elena Perminova, Ophelia Lovibond, Patrick Gibson, Ellie Wintour, Cush Jumbo, Anne-Marie Duff and Anna Wintour.

Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Ian McKellan were amongst the winners, with the former taking home Best Actress for her first West End role in 12 years in A German Life, and the latter honored with Editor Award for his recent one-man show, which celebrates him turning 80.

READ MORE: Ruth Wilson ‘Couldn’t Say No’ To ‘His Dark Materials’ Role!

FYI: Ruth is wearing a Michael Kors dress. Gugu is wearing a Michael Kors dress. Florence is wearing Gucci. Hayley is wearing Dolce&Gabbana. Ellie is wearing a Chanel dress. Elena is wearing a Georges Hobeika outfit. Anna is wearing Chanel. Sian is wearing Emilia Wickstead. Jourdan is wearing Michael Kors. Poppy is wearing Etro.

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Florence Welch Dazzles in Silver for 'American Utopia' Opening Night of Broadway

Florence Welch strikes a pose as she arrives at opening night of American Utopia on Sunday (October 20) at the Hudson Theater in New York City.

The 33-year-old singer looked so chic in a silver, silk dress as she stepped out for opening night of the new Broadway show.

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Other stars at the event included Anna Wintour with daughter Bee Shaffer and her husband Francesco Carrozzini, Hedwig and the Angry Inch star John Cameron Mitchell, Kinky Boots star Lena Hall, mother! director Darren Aronofsky, and musician Elvis Costello.

15+ pictures inside of the stars stepping out for the show…More Here! »

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