Bringing P&P to Broadway
Alert Janeite Lisa let us know about an article in the Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle about the creators of the Pride and Prejudice musical adaptation that they are hoping to get to Broadway. The evolution of the production, as detailed in the article, is quite interesting:
Despite busy schedules, they worked diligently, asking the Jane Austen Society for input on their songs and making a trip to England for research. The pair had to hurry to finish their work when Steven Daigle, the artistic director of the Eastman Opera Theater, expressed interest in it. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was first performed as a four-hour operetta with a cast of 30 at the Eastman School of Music in April 2004. They cut it to three hours so it could be performed by the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio, last summer. Now the musical is two and a half hours with a cast of 18. They hope the shorter length and smaller size will give it a better chance of making it to Broadway. “Whenever we get sad because we have to cut something, we say, ‘Well, that’ll go in the musical miniseries,’” said Baker.
We hope it will make it to Broadway, as well…how fun would that be, to see Jane Austen on Broadway?
July 27th, 2007 at 8:42 am
marvelous!
July 27th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Oooh! And I live near Rochester! This is superb!