Jackson manager's aide planning musical on real-life
Mark Lamica, the former aide of Dileo, is planning to spill a few industry secrets in a musical loosely based on dealings between Jackson and Dileo, who died in August 2011.
Lamica, who spent nine years working with Dileo, said the "dramical" called "The Man" will show the "ins and outs and ups and downs" of the music business, with "some of the dirt" sprinkled in for added drama, reported New York Daily News.
"It's a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the making of a superstar client through the eyes of a manager," Lamica said.
The Jackson and Dileo characters will bear some resemblance to the actual men, but the musical's story will purposely be "vague", Lamica explains, so producers won't have to deal with Jackson's estate. "People who know will know, and others won't," said Lamica.
Dileo served as Jackson's manager during the superstar's heyday in the '80s. They parted ways at the end of the decade, but reunited shortly before Jackson's death in 2009.
Prior to his death at 64 from heart complications, Dileo was working on an autobiography that was intended to expose music industry secrets.
Lamica will team with Grammy Award-winning composer and singer Larry Hart to produce original music for the show. None of Jackson