Benanti, new Moses-Yazbek-Penna musical, and more at Audible Theatre

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/19/23 at 1:48pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/DEAD-OUTLAW-World-Premiere-NOBODY-CARES-Starring-Laura-Benanti-More-Set-for-Audible-Theater-Programming-20230919

At a celebratory event last night at the Minetta Lane Theatre, Head of Audible Theater Kate Navin announced the expansion of Audible Theater’s programming, with three new upcoming shows that will also be recorded and released as Audible Originals:
 
·      The Energy Curfew Music Hour featuring the Grammy-winning band Punch Brothers;

 

·      Nobody Cares, a three-night-only show starring Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, who will sing all original music created with Todd Almond; and

 
·      The world premiere of Dead Outlaw, Audible Theater’s first commissioned musical by the Tony Award-winning creative team behind The Band’s Visit, with a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics by Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek, and directed by David Cromer.

In further uniting riveting performances with immersive audio, Colman Domingo will star and direct the audio adaptation of his play Wild with Happy. Wild with Happy is a deeply imaginative and utterly outrageous work, from the Tony Award nominee for The Scottsboro Boys and an Obie Award winner for Passing Strange, that explores the bizarre comedy that lies within death and healing.
 
Navin also announced the fifth cohort of Audible Emerging Playwrights, marking 50 total commissions. The new cohort includes Ava Geyer, Deepak Kumar, Sinfolk (Gabriel Ruiz and J), Gloria Majule, and Omer Abbas Salem. The Emerging Playwrights Fund is a program that invests in and nurtures emerging playwrights and aims to connect extraordinary performers with remarkable original work, amplifying new voices and harnessing the power and potential of audio to reach millions of listeners.
 
Musical performances last evening featured Laura Benanti, Solea Pfeiffer, Sinfolk (Gabriel Ruiz and J), David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna. Colman Domingo, Santino Fontana, and Michael Cruz Kayne also spoke at the event. Download event photos here.

Updated On: 9/19/23 at 01:48 PM

[steve.sometime]

Posted: 9/19/23 at 5:41pm

Can't wait for Dead Outlaw! I saw it early last year at 54 Below, with just Yazbek and Penna singing the songs and it was so fun.