The idea of P.J. Harvey working on Broadway seems inherently contradictory almost to the point of absurdity. That is of course until you find out that it the score of a new production of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler that she has leant her talents to. If you're not familiar, it's an 1890s realist play where the lead character is generally thought of as the "female Hamlet," - a female Hamlet who in this case is being played by Weeds star Mary-Louise Parker. The score is hardly the average Broadway musical score, based as it is on a hissing noise made from playing guitar feedback at the wrong speed. Ah, you see, it all makes sense now...
Harvey told the New York Daily News: "I've wanted to do theater or film music since I first began writing music... I've just never been approached before."
Polly Jean is continuing to branch out, revealing to the Daily News that she does a lot of painting and sculpture, and even has notions of working in comedy.
