[Broadway] Refresh - The start of an entire Broadway style musical
Ok, so this will end up being a LONG project but seems like a lot of fun.
Buckle up, this post will be long, but I think it's worth reading.
Here's the "catch"... Since the music will be AI written (although, in theory will be played live if somehow it ever actually makes it to the stage), I figured that AI should also be very involved in the entire production, from concept to writing.
So, this entire project will be AI inspired. From the storyline, to the songs, to the music. I'm even thinking that one of the "characters" would actually be the full AI version of the song (and not performed live).
By AI inspired, I mean that the majority of the ideas will come from AI. Obviously, I'll guide it using the prompts, and I'll edit the script and lyrics. For some of the songs, I'll also come up with the basic melody and chord progressions and have Suno take it from there. But, I think it's a fun irony that most of this story will be AI-inspired, especially with the theme of the story.
So, I have been using Claude. I asked it to come up with 10 ideas, along with a brief treatment, and why it could be successful. I did give it some other parameters as well.
Out of the 10, I thought one would be really good.. and the theme actually has to do with computers and AI!
After I chose the overall idea, I had Claude come up with a plot outline, including 15 song titles and summaries within the production.
So the general idea is the main character is an artist who isn't getting noticed. She "meets" a software (AI) that promises to help her. She agrees. Of course she gets wildly famous, but things get out of hand and the AI tries to take over her life and take credit. It starts telling her exactly what to produce, etc. She must then decide whether to give it all up and just be an artist, or stay famous, or admit what she's done and have her reputation and career destroyed.
So, then I asked Claude to write the first song.
I edited the lyrics and worked "with" Claude to improve some areas. Then I put them into Suno with a fairly basic prompt based on Claude's "vision".
This is literally the first song generated, and it's nearly perfect based on what I was envisioning.
Would love feedback, and to you think I should post future songs as they are created? Is this something you guys are interested in at all?
Picture the lead character running excitedly onto stage, ready to see the results of her most recent upload of her most recent piece of art.
Posted Jan 3, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC