Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway

So no one told you creating musicals was going to be this way? (clap, clap, clap)

Now you might be asking, what in the name of Smelly Cat does the TV show Friends have to do with Broadway?

Well, before Marta Kauffman and David Crane created that quintessential 90s sitcom, they were musical theater writers and had their hearts set on The Great Bright Way. But, they had to pivot.

What happened was…..well, we’re gonna let Marta, David, and composer Michael Skloff tell you themselves in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO NEW YORK which explores Arthur: The Musical, or “The One Where A Great Score Needs To Be Heard”

The Broadway Bound Players:

Catherine DeLuce as the Reporter

Matt Koplik as David Richards

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Join Broadway historian, director, and all around MT nerd Robert W. Schneider for a wild and exhaustively researched celebration of the musicals that had set their sights on Broadway but missed the mark. This trailer looks at the first season of Broadway Bound which is called "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD" and explores ten Broadway Bound musicals that were based on movies. From Angela Lansbury refusing to do voodoo to a tap dancing Mrs. Robinson, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came To Broadway podcast is sure to open your eyes to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and bold musicals that tried to get themselves on the Great Bright Way!

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