An alternative paradigm: the university route; There's a lot to be said for launching a new musical in a college setting.
American Theatre, April, 2006
Maybe Tina Landau is on to something. "If I'm working on a big new musical piece," the 43-year-old director says, "my first attempt is going to be to take it into a school setting and play around for a while." Landau has, in fact, developed many of her original works in university environments.
The first go-rounds of her States of Independence (with music by Ricky Ian Gordon) and Floyd Collins (co-written with Adam Guettel) took place at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She revisited States at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and will do so ...
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