Scott Forstall, once senior vice president of iOS Software who helped ignite the iPhone and iPad revolution at Apple from 2007 until October 2012 has resurfaced in a Wall Street Journal interview discussing his involvement in a Broadway play titled "Fun Home" that has been nominated for 12 Tony Awards.

Of his new role, the Wall Street Journal noted that "Mr. Forstall said he became a producer of 'Fun Home' via a strange connection: Lars Ulrich, the drummer for the heavy-metal band Metallica.

He was at Mr. Ulrich's 50th birthday party in 2013 when he met Carole Shorenstein Hays, daughter of billionaire real-estate developer Walter Shorenstein and a seasoned Broadway producer. Ms. Hays's production credits include current shows "The Audience" and "Wolf Hall" as well as more than two-dozen past shows, including "Fences" with Denzel Washington and "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley.

"All the usual suspects were there: writers, artists, rockers and a swath of tech people," said Ms. Hays of the party.

Soon she and Mr. Forstall were talking about their shared love of theater and "the intersection of arts and technology," she said. By the end of the night, said Mr. Forstall, he knew he wanted to work with her.

Whether Scott Forstall will ever return to the tech sector in a meaningful way in the future is unknown at this time. Scott Forstall left Apple after a fall out with Apple's CEO Tim Cook. You could read the full report on Scott Forstall at the Wall Street Journal.

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