‘Last Goodbye,’ With Jeff Buckley Music, Will Open Old Globe Season

The Old Globe Theater in San Diego will open its 2013-14 season with “The Last Goodbye,” a long-in-development adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” set to the music of Jeff Buckley.

Conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, the show had a workshop run at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2010. Alex Timbers (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “Here Lies Love”) has succeeded Mr. Kimmel as the director for the Old Globe production, which is scheduled to run September 20 to November 3.

Barry Edelstein, the Old Globe’s new artistic director, said in a statement that he was excited to begin his tenure with the show, which “brings together many of the things that are central to the Globe’s identity: a classic text, the vibrant energies of the musical theater, a sumptuous and splendid production and a creative team of the first rank in the American theater.”

The Old Globe is producing “Last Goodbye” by special arrangement with Hal Luftig, Ruth and Steve Hendel, The Marks-Moore-Turnbull Group and Lauren Fitzgerald, who have the commercial rights to the show.