New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009

[jv92]

New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #1

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:00pm

Per Playbill.com
Oldish news, but it will indeed play in 2009 at the Newhouse. As a Grey Gardens and Pacific Overtures fan, I'm very excited! This is going to be a very busy season with Mr. Weidman with this playing at LCT and Bounce playing at The Public.
Link to article

[broadwaybelter]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #2

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:16pm

That is certainly exciting!

[MiracleElixir]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #2

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:52pm

It IS awesome that there's going to be a new Frankel-Korie musical, but am I the only one who got excited that this might be some warped adaptation of Todd Solondz's 1998 film "Happiness"?

[frogs_fan85]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #3

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:58pm

I hope Norbert Leo Butz is in this production.

[SahDu]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #4

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:12pm

Am I missing something or is there no explanation of any sort of plot?
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 08:12 PM

[Vespertine1228]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #5

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:12pm

I too thought for a moment it was an adaptation of the movie Happiness. That would just signal the end of civilization, although such the project might make a terrific tongue-in-cheek Fringe Festival entry.

[frogs_fan85]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #6

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:13pm

Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman will return to Lincoln Center, the home of her Tony-winning work Contact, to direct Happiness, which is about "a disparate group of New Yorkers caught on a subway train under unusual circumstances."

[jv92]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #7

Posted: 7/14/08 at 9:20pm

I wonder if anyone has an audio of that workshop...?

Ah, but a new Frankel and Korie score! I'm so excited!

[americanboy99]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #8

Posted: 7/15/08 at 12:35pm

I am VERY excited for this.

Hopefully, Stroman can do some good work with this one. She really let me down with YF.

[B3TA07]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #9

Posted: 7/15/08 at 1:26pm

I'm really excited to see a new show by this budding team (F&K).

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[jv92]

re: New Frankel-Korie-Weidman musical 'Happiness' to play LCT in 2009 #10

Posted: 7/15/08 at 10:20pm

I know! I thought Adam Guettel was the future, but he takes so damned long to finish something. These guys are it!