Podcast appearances and mentions of nathan tysen

Jen Uphoff Gray welcomes Kait Kerrigan and Nathan Tysen, writer and lyricist of Broadway's THE GREAT GATSBY! In this episode, this musical power couple shares their insight into the broken pipeline of musical theater development, which leaves countless new works stuck in limbo. We discuss the roadblocks that prevent fresh stories from reaching American audiences and why regional theaters hesitate to take the leap. But it's not all bad news - we also explore real solutions for making the pipeline more accessible, sustainable, and artist-friendly. A candid, insightful conversation about the future of musical theater and what it will take to get new voices heard. Bonus: Kait and Nathan reference the types of grants and financial assistance that keeps many writers afloat while they create America's next musical sensation. Here's a link to the Dramatists Guild resource directory of Grants & Fellowships. 

In this episode, we are live from the Museum of Broadway at the Broadway Podcast Network PODFEST. This conversation features Anna K Jacobs (Teeth), and Kait Kerrigan & Nathan Tysen (The Great Gatsby) in a discussion about writing for the stage. Follow and connect with all things @HalfHourPodcast on Instagram, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Great Gatsby is running at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ through November 12th. Find out more at www.papermill.org. The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Daniel Messé is the founder and principal songwriter of the band Hem. Along with Craig Lucas (book) and Nathan Tysen (co-lyrics), Daniel wrote the music and lyrics for the musical adaptation of the French film Amélie, which debuted on Broadway in 2017. He is also working together again with Craig Lucas (book) along with Sean Hartley (co-lyrics) on adapting Craig's play, Prelude to a Kiss, for South Coast Rep. Education includes a BA from Carleton College and an MFA from NYU's Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.---Sister Wendy's American Collection---Mike Mills' advice from TBAS: Loving Anything---Call Zak with your relationship advice at 844-935-BEST---bestadvice.show---twitter: @muzacharyIG: @bestadviceshow 

In this episode, I talk about Amélie, my fourth favorite musical! Credit goes to the Original Broadway Cast of Amélie, Daniel Messé, and Nathan Tysen for the music. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/musicalmondays/message

It's time to grab a "window seat" and be on your best "model behavior" as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss 2017's Amélie and 2010's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown on episode fourteen of My Favorite Flop.   ABOUT AMÉLIE Based on the 2001 French film of the same name, Amélie tells the story of a shy waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while struggling with her own isolation. The musical features music by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen, and a book by Craig Lucas. Following out-of-town tryouts at Berkeley Repertory and The Ahmanson, the musical finally opened to mixed reviews on Broadway on April 3, 2017. Despite praise for its cast and design elements, many critics found issue with the score, and the show struggled at the box office. When the show failed to receive any Tony nominations in an extremely competitive season, the show closed on May 21, 2017, after 27 previews and 56 regular performances. A substantially transformed production, with new orchestrations, an expanded repertoire of songs, and new staging in the actor/muso style, opened on the West End in December 2019, at the Other Palace. Critics praised its improvements on the Broadway version, with The Guardian describing it as "a triumph of adaptation" "high on imagination", while The Daily Telegraph lauded the "wonderful, wistful evening" it made. It was nominated for three awards at the 2020 Laurence Olivier Awards: Best New Musical, Best Original Score or New Orchestrations, and Best Actress in a Musical.   Original Broadway Cast Phillipa Soo as Amélie Adam Chanler-Berat as Nino Tony Sheldon as Dufayel/Collignon David Andino as Blind Beggar/Garden Gnome/Anchorperson Randy Blair as Hipolito/Rock Star/Belgian Tourist Heath Calvert as Lucien/Adrien Wells/Mysterious Man Alison Cimmet as Amandine/Philomene Savvy Crawford as Young Amélie Manoel Felciano as Raphael/Bretodeau Harriett D. Foy as Suzanne Alyse Alan Louis as Georgette/Sylvie/Collignon's Mother Maria-Christina Oliveras as Gina Paul Whitty as Joseph/Fluffy/Collignon's Father ABOUT WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Based on the Pedro Almodóvar film of the same name, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown tells the tale of a group of women in late 20th-century Madrid whose relationships with men lead to a tumultuous 48 hours of love, confusion, and passion. The musical features music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane. Following a series of workshops in 2009 featuring Salma Hayek, Jessica Biel, Matthew Morrison and Paulo Szot, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on November 4, 2010. The production was a limited engagement that was scheduled to end on January 23, 2011, but due to low grosses and ticket sales, closed early on January 2, 2011. At the time of closing, the show had played 30 previews and 69 regular performances. A West End production, also directed by Bartlett Sher and starring Tamsin Greig, Jérôme Pradon, Haydn Gwynne, Anna Skellern, and Willemijn Verkaik opened at the Playhouse Theatre on January 12, 2015 for a 20-week run, and subsequently extended its run, but it was ultimately announced that the production would close on May 23, 2015. Greig and Gwynne were nominated for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical respectively at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards.   Original Broadway Cast Sherie Rene Scott as Pepa Patti LuPone as Lucia Brian Stokes Mitchell as Ivan Julio Agustin as Ambite De'Adre Aziza as Paulina Laura Benanti as Candela Danny Burstein as Taxi Driver Alma Cuervo as Woman in Cinema/Ivan's Concierge/Magistrate 2 Justin Guarini as Carlos Murphy Guyer as Hector/TV Husband/Magistrate/Chief Inspector Nina Lafarga as Woman at Train/Ana Nikka Graff Lanzarone as Marisa Yanira Marin as Ensemble Sean McCourt as Man in Cinema/Doctor/Detective Vivian Nixon as Ensemble Mary Beth Peil as Pepa's Concierge/TV and Radio Announcer Luis Salgado as Malik Jennifer Sánchez as Cristina Phillip Spaeth as Ensemble Matthew Steffens as Ensemble Charlie Sutton as Man at Train/Telephone Repairman

Maria-Christina Oliveras caught the attention of NYC theater fans with an explosive, show-stopping turn in David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's multiple award-winning musical Here Lies Love. On August 6, she brings her gift of storytelling and unique style to Feinstein's/54 Below in an electrifying night of music and surprises. In this episode, she joins our Director of Marketing, Nella Vera, for a chat about her career, her collaborations with renowned artists, including Tony nominee Alex Timbers, and why she's chosen this particular time to do her first solo cabaret show. Maria-Christina has performed extensively on and off-Broadway, regionally, internationally, and in film and television. Her career is distinguished by her transformational character work in a number of world premieres, including roles in Kiss My Aztec (by John Leguizamo, Tony Taccone, David Kamp, Benjamin Velez, directed by Tony Taccone), Amélie (by Craig Lucas, Daniel Messe and Nathan Tysen, directed by Pam MacKinnon), Soft Power (by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori, directed by Leigh Silverman), El Huracán (by Charise Castro Smith, directed by Laurie Woolery), and Pretty Filthy (by Bess Wohl and Michael Friedman, directed by Steve Cosson). She has appeared on Broadway in Amélie, Machinal, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. For information about Maria's show at Feinstein's/54 Below, visit https://54below.com/events/maria-christina-oliveras/ Learn more about Maria on her website: www.mariachristinaoliveras.com Follow Maria on Instagram: @mcoliveras Credits The Feinstein's/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera, Kevin Ferguson, and Grace Benigni and produced by Bailey Everett and Michael Galvez, with support from the Feinstein's/54 Below marketing staff. Original artwork design by Philip Romano. Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul, Jill, and special guest Katie German migrate their way down to Treegap, New Hampshire for 2016's Tuck Everlasting! Based on the novel of the same name, this musical retelling features music by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, was directed by Casey Nicholaw, and stars Sarah Charles Lewis as Winnie. We also get an unexpected bonus appearance of our flaming red fave, Carolee Carmello!Some reading discussion questions include: how many times did Paul call our audience “mother-tuckers”? Should we bring back the dream ballet? And what is the secret behind Miss Carmello's incredible hair? Twitter: @monkeyplaybillsInstagram: @monkeysandplaybillspodEmail: monkeysandplaybillspod@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/monkeysandplaybills

5.4.20 Hey there – here’s an interview with the wonderful Nathan Tysen, one half of Tysen and Miller, and lyricist of Tuck Everlasting, The Burnt Part Boys and Amélie. Music played on this episode includes tracks from the original recordings of Amélie and Fugitive Songs, and Lady of the Sea from Nigel Richards’s album A Shining Truth. Miller […]

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 29: Lovewell Spotlight- Luke Katler, 2019 We sat down with Lovewell Light Luke Katler, who is currently a co-producer of “Slave Play” on Broadway, which is the latest critical darling to conquer New York. We spoke with Luke about his journey as a Broadway Producer, while also defining what it is a producer even does, as well as learning more about his time in school and in his formidable years in Lovewell workshops as a student and staff member. To learn more about "Slave Play" and for tickets head to https://slaveplaybroadway.com/ To learn more about "Good Cooks: The Live Comedy Food Show" head to https://www.facebook.com/GoodCooksComedy/ Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 28: Lovewell Spotlight- Jamie Johnson, 2019 We sat down with the new Director of the Lovewell Catalogue, Jamie Johnson, to talk about her life as an artist, educator, and Lovewell Light leading up to her new position with Lovewell. To learn more about the Lovewell Catalogue, or to license one of our original musicals for your school or theatre company, head to www.lovewellshows.org Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

SEASON THREE PREMIERE! Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 27: Lovewell Rewind- Summer Season of New Works, 2019 Featuring audio from each of the new musicals written by the students and staff of the Lovewell 2019 Summer Season of New Works including... "Soul Responsibility," "Mall of Olympus," "The Key to Death," "Damen Von Fraudendorf," "The Last Rose," "Tested," "Game Changer," "Om Jag Fick Drömma," "Kollomysteriet," "The Last Lifeboat," "Patched," "Light Up the Night," "See Through," and "Misplaced." Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Bensound.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 26: Lovewell Spotlight- Michael Finke, 2019 We sat down with everyone's favorite person, Michael Finke, to talk about his musical theatre songwriting career, his most personal Lovewell experiences, and his debut album. If you are interested in supporting Michael as he makes his debut album (let's face it, you're totally interested), then please support his project on Kickstarter or by clicking the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelfinkemusic/michael-finkes-debut-album?fbclid=IwAR0c1STuS_xRVrRB86kmF2XwkGdxnyPQgoEfOFQUXZvg0C06cJEkXyBcoxI Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 25: Lovewell Season of New Works Preview, 2019 A special preview of the 2019 Lovewell Season of New Works with special guest Kimmi Johnson. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 24: Lovewell Rewind- Under the Weather, 2013 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Katie Hodes and Rylee Berger. With special guests Jacob Jeffries and Andrew Gilbert. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 23: Lovewell Rewind- The Infinite Dark, 2013 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Daley Drucker and Connor Werner. With special guest Jen Laudia. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 22: Lovewell Rewind- Calling Amelia, 2014 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Laurel Thompson and Matt Tribby. Watch "Boundless: The Adventure of Making a Musical" here: http://www.boundlessmovie.org/ Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 21: Lovewell Rewind- The Alternate, 2012 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Jenna Flemons and Ryan Juda. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 20: Lovewell Embedded- 10th Annual Lovewell Alumni Songbook Concert, 2019 Behind the scenes look at opening night of the 10th Annual Lovewell Alumni Songbook Concert, featuring the entire audio of the show. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 19: Lovewell Spotlight- Laura Galindo, 2019 We sat down with multi talented singer, songwriter, and theatre maker Laura Galindo for an in depth conversation about attending NYU, studying abroad in Paris, making music with her band, and her legendary Lovewell creation: Annie Aspen. Throughout this interview you will hear songs from Laura's EP "Tastes Like Dreams" which is available for purchase on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tastes-like-dreams-ep/1340256017 Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Larry Kirwan, creator of the new musical “Paradise Square” at Berkeley Rep, the author of five books, and the lead vocalist and guitarist for the legendary New York Irish American band Black 47, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Larry Kirwin's five books are Green Suede Shoes, a memoir subtitled An irish American Odyssey; A History of Irish Music; Rockin' the Bronx; Mad Angels, a colleciton of plays; and a novel based on his play,  Liverpool Fantasy. He's written several plays, many of which were produced in New York, off and off-off Broadway. His band, Black 47 produced albums and went on tour over a 25-year period from 1989 to 2014, along the way making a name for itself through its music and politics. “Paradise Square,” which runs at Berkeley Rep through February 17, 2019, is set in the Five Points section of New York in 1863 at the onset of the Civil War draft riots, and deals with the relationship of the Irish and African-American residents of the neighborhood. The show uses the music of Stephen Foster, augmented by lyrics by Nathan Tysen, with a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan. The creative team also includes the choreographer Bill T. Jones, director Moises Kaufman, and composer/arranger Jason Howland. The post Larry Kirwan: Paradise Square appeared first on KPFA.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 18: Lovewell Rewind- Our American Brothers, 2016 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Gianna Milici and Samuel Kelly-Cohen. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Nathan Tysen, lyricist for the musicals “Tuck Everlasting,” “Amelie” and the forthcoming “Paradise Square,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. “Tuck Everlasting” runs at TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto through December 30th. Originally from Kansas, Nathan Tysen made a name for himself with the off-Broadway musical “The Burnt Part Boys” with composer Chris Miller, and was the lyricist for the musical “Amelie” which played at Berkeley Rep before moving to Broadway for a short run. His next project, “Paradise Square,” features the music of Stephen Foster set against the draft riots of the Five Points section of Manhattan in 1863. In this interview he discusses the history of the musical “Tuck Everlasting” from its origination to its brief life on Broadway to its revival as a mainstay of community theatrers, and now this professional production. He also talks about his own biography as a musician, the history of the musical “Amelie,” his feelings about the state of politics in his native Kansas, and his work as lyricist for the new musical “Paradise Square,” which opens in previews at Berkeley Rep on December 27, 2018. The post Interview: Nathan Tysen, lyricist for “Tuck Everlasting” at TheatreWorks Palo Alto appeared first on KPFA.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 17: Lovewell Rewind- Project Legacy, 2015 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Jenn Schell and Samuel Janvier. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 16: Lovewell Rewind- Dear Berlin, 2013 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Jamie Cohen and Nic Aquino. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

SEASON TWO PREMIERE! Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 15: Lovewell Rewind- Summer Season of New Works, 2018 Featuring audio from each of the new musicals written by the students and staff of the Lovewell 2018 Summer Season of New Works including... "Burning Famous," "The World Between," "Condemned," "2437," "100,000 Volt," "Powerless," "Greenbrier, 1897," "Levla Upp!," "The Heyday Getaway," "Sanctuary," "Do Robots See Shapes in the Clouds?," "The Mystery of the Silver Centennial," "Axle Falls," and "The Root Of It All." Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 14: Lovewell Rewind- The Merriwether Big Time, 2014 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Adele Oliver and Sami Hodes. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks. Got a question you want answered on Listenwell? Send an email to our "Mail Bag" at tyler@lovewell.org and we'll try to answer it on our next episode.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 13: Lovewell Rewind- About Face, 2007 Featuring audio from the original performance, and behind the scenes interviews with creators Michael Finke and Helena Sund. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks. Got a question you want answered on Listenwell? Send an email to our "Mail Bag" at tyler@lovewell.org and we'll try to answer it on our next episode.

Listenwell: A Lovewell Podcast Episode 12: Lovewell Spotlight- Carrie Gilchrist, Nils-Petter Ankarblom, & Nathan Tysen, 2018 We sat down with three faces of Lovewell's Mount Rushmore: Carrie, Nippe, and Nathan, to talk about how theatre first came into their lives as young people, how their legendary creativity has grown since having children of their own, and what excites them most about the current generation of Lovewell students. It's all here for you to enjoy. Listenwell Theme Song Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Music by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Additional music used with permission from Audioblocks. Got a question you want answered on Listenwell? Send an email to our "Mail Bag" at tyler@lovewell.org and we'll try to answer it on our next episode.

Composer Daniel Messé, co-lyricist Nathan Tysen, and stars Phillipa Soo and Adam Chanler-Berat join Rebecca to chat about turning a much-loved French film into a Broadway musical. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A story is an illusion, a series of events that are not really taking place, presented in a way that fools its audience into believing, for a moment, that it is all really happening. Telling that story in a book or movie is a certain kind of trick, with its own rules and traditions, and telling the same story on the stage is quite another. But transferring a story from one medium to another—say, from the screen to the stage—that may be the hardest trick of all. Which brings us to ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘Amélie.’ Two beloved stories, one a classic book and the other a beloved modern masterpiece of cinema, have both landed on stage in the Bay Area, and each carries its own unique kind of cross-media magic. At Spreckels Performing Arts Center, in Rohnert Park, Robert Louis Stevenson’s iconic pirate adventure ‘Treasure Island’ hits the stage in a compact, robust adaptation by Ken Ludwig. Someone give me an Arrrrrrr? Directed with humor and charm by David Yen, staged in the intimate studio theater with exhilarating in-your-face inventiveness and plenty of robust, swashbuckling energy, the crafty condensation of Stevenson’s classic works surprisingly well. The story, though stripped down a bit, is quite faithful to the book, with the exception of a few lady pirates thrown in here and there—something that might have shocked Robert Louis Stevenson and possibly some of the pirates. The strong, versatile cast is led by a grounded, impressively non-cartoonish John Rathjen as Long John Silver, often played a bit too over the top, but not here. In this production, the whole cast slips gracefully in and out of dozens of characters. Animated projections combine with cleverly adaptable set pieces to turn the stage into a ship’s decking with rolling waves over the stern, to an island jungle filled with waving foliage. The effects works well, and if some of the book’s detail and depth of character are swept overboard in the process of translation, the loss is more than made up for in sense of rollicking, high-spirited, double-crossing, sword-clashing fun the able-bodied cast and crew bring to the stage. Translating the beloved 2001 French comedy Amélie to the stage is a different kind of trick altogether, and turning it into a musical only makes the challenge harder. But with a book by Craig Lucas—he wrote the play Prelude to a Kiss—and with lovely, ethereal tunes by Daniel Messé and Nathan Tysen, this supremely satisfying adaptation—directed with immense creativity by Tony-winner Pam MacKinnon—is a sweet, sneaky surprise of a show. As Amélie, the café worker who sets out to make the world a happier place, Samantha Barks is everything an Amélie should be—beautiful, sweet, a little wacky, and thoroughly beguiling. There is a marvelously whimsical sense of innocence in the play, even when incorporating such things as sex shops and orgasms, and the story’s transformation into a musical—rather than proving distracting or cluttered—is so deftly done you might think that the story of Amelie and her bumpy road to finding her own true happiness, was always meant to become a musical. If anything, it’s become better this way. And that’s not an easy trick to pull off. ‘Treasure Island’ runs Thursday–Sunday through October 4 at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, www.spreckelsonline.com 'Amelie’ runs Tuesday–Sunday through October 11 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, www.berkeleyrep.org

On this edition of Arts Magazine, join Michael Hogge as he welcomes theatre artists Shanna Jones and Nathan Tysen as they talk about a joint workshop production between the Kansas […] The post “Stillwater” & Young Playwrights Festival appeared first on KKFI.

Mariana Elder (book), Chris Miller (music) and Nathan Tysen (lyrics) discuss their production of THE BURNT PART BOYS. (2009/10 season)

WE'RE BACK WITH ANOTHER bang up week, with some of today's top stage personalities and creative teams. So what are we waiting for, let's get this show on the road... This week we have two cast members from the tour de force new production of PASSING STRANGE on Broadway, Colman Domingo and Rebecca Naomi Jones. Also the composer (Chris Miller) and lyricist (Nathan Tysen) from FUGITIVE SONGS drop in to tell us a little about their new song cycle, and give us a preview of three songs from the show. From Nicu's Spoon Theatre's newest production of ELIZABETH REX Michael DiGioia and Stephanie Barton-Farcas drop by for a little chat. A sneak preview of the upcoming YouTube musical, "Cupid" also awaits.