Certainly things can't all be Chaucer there should be an attempt to make it a passable musical. If the time isn't put into it it probably will die and kill off any other attempts to use her life as the basis of a similar form of experience. Donna Summers was a phenomenon of the time. She defined an era and a decent book, plus music that pretty much defined an era (for that type of music) could work. But if you don't take the time to develop it you've doomed it.