Musical 'Cagney' is preparing for Broadway, and Utah's Pioneer Theatre is a major stop on the journey

For more than a decade, Robert Creighton has been working on “Cagney,” a musical biography of the movie tough guy and hoofer James Cagney. First it had a cast of four, then six — and now, in a production being mounted at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5, 12 performers, with Creighton in the lead.

I interviewed Creighton and the musical’s director, Bill Castellino, about getting “Cagney” ready for a possible Broadway run. Read the story on sltrib.com, and enjoy the great photography of the Tribune’s Francisco Kjolseth (which, truth be told, is far better than Pioneer’s official photos).