David Bowie will reportedly contribute music to a new off-Broadway play adaptation of his 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth.

It will be presented by the New York Theater Workshop.

Titled Lazarus, the new Off-Broadway piece will focus on the story's main protagonist, Bowie's character Thomas Newton. Bowie is said to be sharing co-writing credits with Enda Walsh (Once).

While Bowie isn't expected to take the stage, the play "will feature new Bowie music, as well as new arrangements of older songs." Ivo van Hove has been tapped to direct.

According to New York Theater Workshop artistic director James C. Nicola, the project had "been in secret development for some years." He added, "It's going to be a play with characters and songs — I'm calling it music theater, but I don't really know what it's going to be like, I just have incredible trust in their creative vision.

I'm really excited about it. These are three very different sensibilities to be colliding."

Lazarus will open later this year.