Musical Comedy = Book Trailer?

Our sibling blog GalleyCat posted a story about a new project sponsored by the storytelling site Lit Drift, which is commissioning videos from musicians who agree to summarize a classic novel in song in less than a minute. The first video is posted above.

Here’s more from the site: “The concept is pretty simple: we get writers, musicians, actors, and other creative types to summarize their favorite novels. In 60 seconds or less. With no time to prepare…We’re kicking off the project with Matt Mazur, a NYC-based folk and comedy musician.