Mozart in the Jungle, the TV series about love, ambition and jealousy backstage at the symphony, was recently renewed for a second season on Amazon Instant Video. The series is based on oboist Blair Tindall's 2005 memoir of her life as a freelance musician in New York, playing in iconic Broadway musicals and subbing with the New York Philharmonic.
"The first season of Mozart in the Jungle was a big hit with our customers and I'm thrilled that we're able to produce a second season," Roy Price, vice president of Amazon Studios, said in a statement. Season two will premiere in early 2016.
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Tindall about her book, the series, and life after Mozart in the Jungle.
Tindall had news of her own to share with me. "I just got signed by a major Hollywood agency," she told me over the phone from Los Angeles. "Everything happened yesterday. We're all sitting in a boardroom, and... they're looking at me, and I'm not the typical slick Hollywood person (although I did get my hair done...) And they're interested in somebody who has had a real experience, they're interested in the real thing," she said, referring to her decades of experience as a freelance musician.
The Hollywood agency will represent Tindall as a screenwriter and novelist. She told me she is planning to write a second book, about her life after Mozart in the Jungle.
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