--- description: Grab your garlic and your holy water — Fangtasia could be headed to the stage title: A 'True Blood' Musical Is in the Works, Composer Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2183ba183e316bb2/69869820e8524b1faf60383a/true-blood-musical.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A _True Blood_ Musical Is On Its Way  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 4:14 PM CUT  Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer at the True Blood season premiere. Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer at the True Blood season premiere.Richard Shotwell—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 4:14 PM CUT Vampires must really be immortal. Though HBO put a stake in the heart of its blood-sucking drama _True Blood_, whose final season kicks off Sunday, [the franchise seems to still have life left](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/true-blood-headed-musical-afterlife "undefined") — not unlike many of its thirsty, sunlight-averse characters. A _True Blood_ musical, which would once again revolve around telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse (played on-screen by Anna Paquin), is in the works, the Associated Press reports. Composer Nathan Barr, who has scored the television show’s seven seasons, said at the recent Los Angeles premiere that he pitched the concept to _True Blood_ creator Alan Ball and HBO. “There’s no guarantees,” Barr said. “But I think the direction we’re heading in is really exciting.” _True Blood_ star Stephen Moyer, who appeared in NBC’s _The Sound of Music_ telecast last year, collaborated with Barr on the samples presented to Ball and HBO. With seven seasons of material (based off the books by Charlaine Harris), Barr says it’ll be a challenge to condense Sookie’s storylines, but he has several ideas already. “I think we’re really going to try to return to the roots of the show,” Barr said. \[[AP\]](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/true-blood-headed-musical-afterlife "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2894419/true-blood-musical/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2894419/true-blood-musical/"},"headline":"A True Blood Musical Is On Its Way","datePublished":"2014-06-18T16:14:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:29:01.691Z","description":"Grab your garlic and your holy water — Bon Temps and Fangtasia could be headed to the stage","url":"https://time.com/2894419/true-blood-musical/","keywords":["Television","HBO","Theater","Musicals","True Blood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2183ba183e316bb2/69869820e8524b1faf60383a/true-blood-musical.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2183ba183e316bb2/69869820e8524b1faf60383a/true-blood-musical.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer","caption":"Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer","creditText":"Richard Shotwell—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2894419/true-blood-musical/","name":"A True Blood Musical Is On Its Way"}}]}] ```