Photos of Kate Bush and David Bowie

KATE: I hear him before I go to sleep. And focus on the day that's been. I realize he's there when I turn the light off and turn over.

BOWIE: Goodbye love. Didn't know what time it was the lights were low. Oh how I leaned back on my radio oh oh. Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n roll 'lotta soul, he said. Then the loud sound did seem to fade...

KATE: Nobody knows about my man. They think he's lost on some horizon. And suddenly I find myself listening to a man I've never known before...

BOWIE: Like a slow voice on a wave of phase haze. That weren't no DJ. That was hazy cosmic jive. There's a starman waiting in the sky. He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds.

KATE: The man with the child in his eyes. He's very understanding and he's so aware of all my situations. And when I stay up late he's always waiting. But I feel him hesitate.

Maybe he doesn't love me.

BOWIE: There's a starman waiting in the sky. He told us not to blow it 'cause he knows it's all worthwhile. He told me—

KATE: I just took a trip on my love for him.

Lyrics from The Man With the Child in His Eyes by Kate Bush and Starman by David Bowie

KATE BOWIE is a new work in development that will draw from the songs and lives of two prolific artists, Kate Bush and David Bowie. A collaboration with playwright Greg MacArthur (Snowman, The Toxic Bus Incident), development will continue throughout the next 3 years, with a full production in 2014. KATE BOWIE will be performed by Theatre Replacement Artistic Directors Maiko Bae Yamamoto and James Long.