What's it going to be then, eh? Why, a song, my brothers. A malenky warble whose horrorshow zvook would calm the likes of old Dim himself. Time magazine reports on the forthcoming "Clockwork Orange" musical:

Here's the part that might interest any fans of the book or its author:

Oh, of course they did. Too bad it sounded like, well, U2 music, which is fine, but doesn't fit the work. When you think about the movie, it's almost a musical as it is - classical music weaves in and out, a delicate civilized counterpoint to Alex's brutality, reminding us that aesthetic appreciation has no relationship to morality. Liking Beethoven doesn't make you a better person. Fans of Burgess will be eager to hear his score; did he use Russian melodies filtered through English idioms, as he did with the language? Did he go with showtunes, or a sing-talking recitivo style over Italian operetta? The man was stupendously brilliant, and it's a pity and a shame so few of his books are in print today. "Clockwork" was just one of many, written in three weeks with the aid of strong spirits, a quick job intended to make some money. He'd been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and since he wanted to provide for his wife, he wrote four books in a year before the diagnosis was rescinded. He's known most for "Clockwork," which annoyed him greatly, partly because he'd done so much more, and partly because people started dressing up as Alex and thinking he was some sort of hero.

Will the musical include the 21st chapter, removed from the American edition and the Kubrick adaptation? We can only hope.

A clip from the U2 version is here. I'd embed, but all these years later, it's still NSFW.