--- description: Freedom Run will tell the story of the historic 19th century anti-slavery network title: Stevie Wonder Developing Underground Railroad Musical and Miniseries image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253662346133e65c/69877a6ff887dc5643e8991d/stevie-wonder.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stevie Wonder to Develop Underground Railroad Musical With NBC by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 6:06 PM CUT  Stevie Wonder performs onstage during the 19th Annual House Full Of Toys Benefit Concert "Songs In the Key Of Life" performance at The Forum on December 20, 2014 in Inglewood, California. Stevie Wonder performs onstage during the 19th Annual House Full Of Toys Benefit Concert "Songs In the Key Of Life" performance at The Forum on December 20, 2014 in Inglewood, California.Lester Cohen—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 6:06 PM CUT Get ready for some really fun Tony Awards at a future unknown date: NBC has announced they’re working with Stevie Wonder on _Freedom Run_, a miniseries and Broadway musical about the Underground Railroad. The miniseries is slated to run for eight hours and will be based on the book _Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories From the Underground Railroad_, by Betty DeRamus, telling the story of the secret 19th-century network that helped fugitive slaves flee to Canada or northern states. Wonder will be the executive producer on _Freedom Run_, and though it’s very early in development, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt says it’s his hope that Wonder will also write the music for the production. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-developing-underground-railroad-miniseries-764340 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3671862/stevie-wonder-underground-railroad-musical-miniseries/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3671862/stevie-wonder-underground-railroad-musical-miniseries/"},"headline":"Stevie Wonder to Develop Underground Railroad Musical With NBC","datePublished":"2015-01-16T18:06:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:39:11.937Z","description":"Freedom Run will also be a miniseries","url":"https://time.com/3671862/stevie-wonder-underground-railroad-musical-miniseries/","keywords":["Television","Music","NBC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253662346133e65c/69877a6ff887dc5643e8991d/stevie-wonder.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253662346133e65c/69877a6ff887dc5643e8991d/stevie-wonder.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"stevie-wonder","caption":"performs onstage during the 19th Annual House Full Of Toys Benefit Concert \"Songs In the Key Of Life\" performance at The Forum on December 20, 2014 in Inglewood, California.","creditText":"Lester Cohen—Getty Images","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/3671862/stevie-wonder-underground-railroad-musical-miniseries/","name":"Stevie Wonder to Develop Underground Railroad Musical With NBC"}}]}] ```