My Chemical Romance are seemingly working on a new theatre project.
The emo legends – who are currently touring their iconic 2006 album The Black Parade around the world to mark its 20th anniversary – could be set to bring their music to the stage with playwright and actor John Cameron Mitchell.
Mitchell – who wrote, directed and starred in 2001’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch – told the Only Child podcast that he is working on “a project for theatre” with the band.
He added: “It’s a little secret. It’s not announced yet, but you know I’m gonna give you a little zzzt there. That’s all you’re getting.”
Mitchell didn’t offer any more details and admitted some contracts still needed to be signed, but he heaped praise on the I’m Not Okay (I Promise) rockers.
He added: “And you know, we still gotta sign stuff, but they’re great people. They’re so luxurious now that they do one [show] a week.”
So far, My Chem – made up of Ray Toro, Frank Iero, and brothers Gerard and Mikey Way – are yet to comment on the upcoming production.
They would be following in the footsteps of Green Day, whose American Idiot musical based on their 2004 LP of the same name ran for over 400 shows on Broadway between 2010 and 2011, before going on tour.
The idea of a Black Parade musical has been floated around for a long time, and back in 2021, frontman Gerard opened up on the possibility.
He told Travis Mills on Apple Music 1: “There were talks very early about some kind of animated musical.
“Then there was talks a decade or so later about a musical. But the person who approached me about this musical there said, ‘Are you ever interested in doing Black Parade as a musical?’
“I was like, ‘To be honest with you, I think it’s too soon,’ at the time. I was like, ‘I don’t think the record has lived long enough.’ ”
Last month, My Chem got fans talking by whipping their X account clean, sparking speculation new music could be on the way
It would be their first since 2022 single The Foundations of Decay, which marked their first new material since 2014’s farewell track Fake Your Death following their original split.
They haven’t released a full studio album since 2010’s Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, although in 2013 they did drop five double A-side singles as the Conventional Weapons series.
