Listen "Arthur: The Musical (1991)"
Episode Synopsis
So no one told you creating musicals was going to be this way? (clap, clap, clap)
Now you might be asking, what in the name of Smelly Cat does the TV show Friends have to do with Broadway?
Well, before Marta Kauffman and David Crane created that quintessential 90s sitcom, they were musical theater writers and had their hearts set on The Great Bright Way. But, they had to pivot.
What happened was…..well, we’re gonna let Marta, David, and composer Michael Skloff tell you themselves in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO NEW YORK which explores Arthur: The Musical, or “The One Where A Great Score Needs To Be Heard”
The Broadway Bound Players:
Catherine DeLuce as the Reporter
Matt Koplik as David Richards
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Now you might be asking, what in the name of Smelly Cat does the TV show Friends have to do with Broadway?
Well, before Marta Kauffman and David Crane created that quintessential 90s sitcom, they were musical theater writers and had their hearts set on The Great Bright Way. But, they had to pivot.
What happened was…..well, we’re gonna let Marta, David, and composer Michael Skloff tell you themselves in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO NEW YORK which explores Arthur: The Musical, or “The One Where A Great Score Needs To Be Heard”
The Broadway Bound Players:
Catherine DeLuce as the Reporter
Matt Koplik as David Richards
If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE
Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use.
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