The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport

197 – Adam Gwon


Listen Later

 

Adam Gwon is a musical theater writer named one of “50 to Watch” by The Dramatist magazine and hailed “a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater” by The New York Times.

His musicals have been produced on six continents, in more than half a dozen languages.  Off-Broadway: Ordinary Days (Roundabout Theatre; Keen Company, Drama League Award nomination, Best Revival), Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside Theatre); Regional: String (Village Theatre), Cake Off (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award nomination; Bucks County Playhouse), Cloudlands (South Coast Repertory), The Boy Detective Fails (Signature Theatre), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); West End: Ordinary Days (Trafalgar Studios).

In this episode, we talk about . . .

  • How he went from writing individual songs to full-length musicals
  • What he looks for when looking for something new to write about, or when looking into making adaptations
  • The 3 “blind dates” he went on that led him to adapt Scotland, PA into a musical
  • What it’s like to constantly be considered an emerging artist
  • This week’s #SongwriterOfTheWeek is Anna Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson!  Check out “I Want To Choose” from their musical TEETH at the end of this episode. If you enjoyed the outro music in this episode, go on over to www.annakjacobs.com/ www.thelivingmichaeljackson.com for more tunes.

    This week’s episode is brought to you by TERRY KNICKERBOCKER STUDIO. Terry Knickerbocker Studio offers a two-year acting conservatory, workshops, studio rentals, one-on-one coaching, beginner acting classes, and the best actor training in New York, period. While the conservatory training is based on the Meisner Technique, Terry Knickerbocker Studio offers a holistic approach to actor training with a commitment to nurturing the total actor: Mind, Body, and Soul. For more information, please visit www.TerryKnickerbockerStudio.com

    Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway

    This podcast was edited by Stanley Wiercinski.

    www.theproducersperspective.com

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken DavenportBy Broadway Podcast Network

    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6

    4.6

    134 ratings


    More shows like The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport

    View all
    Jim and Tomic's Musical Theatre Happy Hour by Broadway Podcast Network

    Jim and Tomic's Musical Theatre Happy Hour

    317 Listeners

    Page To Stage by Broadway Podcast Network

    Page To Stage

    45 Listeners

    The Wrong Cat Died by Broadway Podcast Network

    The Wrong Cat Died

    41 Listeners

    Putting It Together by Broadway Podcast Network

    Putting It Together

    12 Listeners

    The Ladies Who Lunch with Donna McKechnie by Broadway Podcast Network

    The Ladies Who Lunch with Donna McKechnie

    30 Listeners

    The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK by Broadway Podcast Network

    The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK

    30 Listeners

    Mamas Talkin' Loud by Jessica Rush & Cara Cooper

    Mamas Talkin' Loud

    104 Listeners

    Stage Left: The Podcast by Broadway Podcast Network

    Stage Left: The Podcast

    13 Listeners

    And the Award Goes To... Hosted by Ilana Levine by Broadway Podcast Network

    And the Award Goes To... Hosted by Ilana Levine

    47 Listeners

    As The Curtain Rises - Broadway’s First Digital Soap Opera by Broadway Podcast Network

    As The Curtain Rises - Broadway’s First Digital Soap Opera

    37 Listeners

    Tony Telecasts by Broadway Podcast Network

    Tony Telecasts

    2 Listeners

    Make Me a Musical by Broadway Podcast Network

    Make Me a Musical

    2 Listeners

    Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort by Jack Feldstein & Paul Doust

    Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort

    14 Listeners

    Backstage Pass by Broadway Podcast Network

    Backstage Pass

    15 Listeners

    The Great Broadway Game Show Competition, hosted by Todd Graff and Andrew Lippa by Broadway Podcast Network

    The Great Broadway Game Show Competition, hosted by Todd Graff and Andrew Lippa

    16 Listeners

    Finding Fire Island by Jess Rothschild & Broadway Podcast Network

    Finding Fire Island

    152 Listeners

    Closing Night by Patrick Oliver Jones

    Closing Night

    11 Listeners

    The Quiet Part Out Loud by Broadway Podcast Network

    The Quiet Part Out Loud

    41 Listeners