--- description: Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is making his Broadway debut as a composer for a revival of the 1970s show Old Times in October title: Radiohead's Thom Yorke Will Compose a Broadway Score image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Radiohead's Thom Yorke Will Compose a Broadway Score  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 12, 2015 6:35 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 12, 2015 6:35 PM CUT Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is making his Broadway debut as a composer for the Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of the 1970s show _Old Times_ in October, the company announced Wednesday. Yorke wrote an original score for the play but will not perform in the show, the New York _Times_ [reports](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/thom-yorke-is-set-to-compose-music-for-a-pinter-play-on-broadway/?smid=nytimesarts&%5Fr=1 "undefined"), The play stars Clive Owen and opens in October at the American Airlines Theatre. “It’s been a pleasure working with Doug on my first stage production,” Yorke of his collaboration with director Douglas Hodge. “I’ve enjoyed exploring through music the script’s themes of love and memory.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3994464/radiohead-thom-yorke-broadway/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3994464/radiohead-thom-yorke-broadway/"},"headline":"Radiohead's Thom Yorke Will Compose a Broadway Score","datePublished":"2015-08-12T18:35:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:07:10.599Z","description":"The revival opens in October","url":"https://time.com/3994464/radiohead-thom-yorke-broadway/","keywords":["Theater"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3994464/radiohead-thom-yorke-broadway/","name":"Radiohead's Thom Yorke Will Compose a Broadway Score"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: U.S. to Put Woman on 10 Dollar Bill","description":"The Treasury Department is planning on putting a woman on the redesigned 10 dollar bill by 2020. Watch Know Right Now to find out more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sGWwgA8s/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-18T14:10:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sGWwgA8s.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3994464/radiohead-thom-yorke-broadway/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3994464/radiohead-thom-yorke-broadway/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```