Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko David Bowie, nāna i whakatangi he tangata ke i roto i te kiriata rongonui The Man Who Fell To Earth, kua whakatakoto waiata mō tētahi putanga atamira hou i New York. Kua roa e mōhiotia ana te kaitito Ingarihi mō tana whakamātautau, kua tuhia e ia he waiata hou, kua whakaritea hoki e ia he waiata tawhito mō te whakangao i te mutunga o tēnei tau i te New York Theatre Workshop. I runga i te pukapuka a Walter Tevis, ko te kiriata 1976 i wheturangitia a Bowie hei tangata tangata e tau ana ki te Ao ki te rapu wai mo tana aorangi maroke ka aroha ki te waipiro me te pouaka whakaata. Flashback: Kei te hoki mai a David Bowie ki te The Man Who Fell To Earth mā te tuhi i tētahi putanga atamira hōu me ngā waiata taketake mō tētahi whakangao i Broadway o New York i te mutunga o tēnei tau. Ko te pikitia karakia o te tau 1976 i tohu i tana tīmatanga i roto i nga kiriata. Ko Bowie te kaiwhakaari o tētahi tangata ke e rapu ana i te wai i runga i te Ao engari ka aroha ki te pouaka whakaata. Kāore e tūmanakohia kia whai wāhi atu a Bowie, 68, ki te whakatakoto, e huaina ana ko Lazarus, i tuhia e ia me te kaituhi whakaari toa, a Enda Walsh, nāna i tuhi te waiata Broadway Once. E ai ki ngā pūtake e pā ana ki te whakarerekētanga, he maha nga tau e mahi ana. Ko te whakaaturanga ka arahina e te tangata o te whenua o Aotearoa, a Ivo van Hove, nāna i whakamahi te waiata a Bowie i roto i tētahi o ana ake mahi i te tau kua hipa. Engari kua kore te kapa whakaputa i whakaae ki te tautuhi i a ia. 'He whakaari tēnei me ngā pūāhua me ngā waiata - e kī ana ahau he whare tapere puoro, engari kāore au i te tino mōhio he aha te āhua, he tino whakawhirinaki ahau ki tō rātou tirohanga auaha,' i kī a James Nicola, kaiwhakahaere toi o New York Theater Workshop, ki te New York Times. 'Kei te tino harikoa ahau. E toru ēnei āhuatanga tino rerekē e tūhono ana.' Ko te Man Who Fell to Earth te kiriata tuatahi mo Bowie engari kaore ia i tuhi i te puoro i waenga i nga tautohetohe kirimana, i waiho te mahi ki te kaiwaiata-kaiwaiata a John Phillips mai i The Mamas And The Papas. Whakahoutanga: Ko te kiriata he whakahoutanga o te pukapuka Walter Tevis o te ingoa kotahi, i whakaputaina i te 1963. Tweaks: Kāore i te mārama he aha ngā huringa ka mahia i roto i te putanga atamira, Lazarus, nā Bowie me...
Ko Bowie, 68, te whetū o te tangata ke e aroha ana ki te pouaka whakaata me te waipiro i te kiriata 1976. Kua tuhia e ia he waiata hou, kua whakaritea hoki e ia he waiata tawhito mō te whakangao 2015. Kāore te kaiwaiata e tūmanakohia ki te mahi i roto i te whakaaturanga i te mutunga o tēnei tau. Kāore a Bowie i tuhi i te puoro mō te taketake i waenganui i te tautohetohe kirimana.