Bourzgui, Rapp, Tung to lead THE TURNING folk musical reading

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 10:16am

BROADWAY NEWS EXCLUSIVE: "Exclusive: Ali Louis Bourzgui, Anthony Rapp and Lola Tung to lead reading of new folk musical" by Broadway News' Michael Abourizk - "Featuring a book, music and lyrics by Zack Zadek, the folk thriller will be presented on Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. at Theatre Row. Sammi Cannold will direct “The Turning,” which she also helped develop. The reading is being produced by Benton Whitley of Whitley Theatrical and Mark Lunsford of Decade Arts. The cast of “The Turning” will comprise Ali Louis Bourzgui, Jane Bruce, Anthony Rapp, Lola Tung and Eleri Ward. Rounding out the cast will be Alayna Martus, Haile Ferrier, Steven Huynh, Terrance Johnson, Rohan Kymal, Mark Mauriello, Monet Sabel, Keith White, Madeline Kimmel and I****a Bansal." https://bway.ly/81yc7a

 

Updated On: 12/4/24 at 10:16 AM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 10:18am

When I read ‘Rapp’ I immediately assumed Renee Rapp. You can imagine my disappointment when I read the full headline.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 10:57am

Call_me_jorge said: "When I read ‘Rapp’ I immediately assumed Renee Rapp. You can imagine my disappointment when I read the full headline."

Speak for yourself, I see Anthony Rapp and I'm sat.

[Ptero2]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 11:54am

Are tickets for sale anywhere? Article paywalled me and can’t find it on Theater Row’s website.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 12:08pm

I don’t see anything indicating this is open to the public. 

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 1:56pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "BROADWAY NEWS EXCLUSIVE: "Exclusive: Ali Louis Bourzgui, Anthony Rapp and Lola Tung to lead reading of new folk musical"by Broadway News' Michael Abourizk - "Featuring a book, music and lyrics byZackZadek, the folk thriller will be presented onDec. 10at 3 p.m. at Theatre Row.SammiCannoldwill direct “TheTurning,” which she also helped develop. The reading is being produced byBenton Whitleyof Whitley Theatrical andMarkLunsfordof Decade Arts. The cast of “The Turning” will compriseAli Louis Bourzgui,JaneBruce,AnthonyRapp,LolaTungandEleri Ward. Rounding out the cast will be Alayna Martus, Haile Ferrier, Steven Huynh, Terrance Johnson, Rohan Kymal, Mark Mauriello, Monet Sabel, Keith White, Madeline Kimmel and I****a Bansal."https://bway.ly/81yc7a"

I'm super curious -- this is being billed as a "folk thriller", but I can't see anything more due to the paywall; is it an all new story or a retelling of "The Turn of the Screw" (or something similar)? 

Also, are we really at that place where we're censoring someone's name just because the middle four letters are verboten?! Context matters -- it's not used in any bad way; not to mention, it's someone's damn name. 

[willep]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 2:31pm

It’s just an algorithm that will always censor when those four letters show up in that order.

[scripps]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 9:23pm

Playbill posted this story earlier with the following closing:

Theatre professionals interested in attending the upcoming reading should email [e-mail].