Today on U-M Creative Currents, you’ll learn all about how musicals get made. In this episode, we’re spotlighting one of our “Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration” (ARIA) grant projects: Perpetual Sunshine & The Ghost Girls, a new musical theater work that tackles the exploitation of women workers in the early 20th century.Mark talked with playwright-lyricist, Sara Cooper, whose recent works include the Broadway-bound show Silver Linings Playbook and HoT, and Lynne Shankel, a faculty member with School of Music, Theater and Dance (SMTD) and a fantastic composer, orchestrator, and music supervisor whose Broadway credits include the shows Allegiance and Crybaby. Learn more about ARIALearn more about Lynne ShankelLearn more about Sara Coopersaracooper.melynneshankel.comhttps://www.lynneshankel.com/works/perpetual-sunshine-the-ghost-girlshttps://research.umich.edu/arts-research-incubation-acceleration-aria/  Subscribe to the Arts Initiative Newsletter Checkout our website Learn more about the Michigan Arts Festival

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