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In Development

Black Orpheus

Front Row Productions is developing a new musical for Broadway!  


Set against the lush and jubilant backdrop of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, 

BLACK ORPHEUS tells a universal story of young love as it unfolds to the rich music of bossa nova kings Vinícius de Moraes and Antônio Carlos Jobim, spectacular samba dance, the martial art of Capoeira, and the rituals of the Candomblé Afro-Brazilian religion. Based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and the play Orfeu da Conceição by the great Brazilian poet and playwright Vinícius de Moraes, the 1959 film was an international blockbuster,  winning the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or; then the Academy Award® and Golden Globe® for Best Foreign Language Film.


 The cultural phenomenon comes to the stage in a thrilling new musical adaptation that is a groundbreaking, spirit-shaking celebration of life and a powerful call to live passionately, love deeply and never look back.  @blackorpheusbwy

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Front Row Productions Fellowship

2022 Front Row Fellow Lamar Richardson

Inaugural Front Row Fellow Marjuan Canady

Inaugural Front Row Fellow Marjuan Canady

  LAMAR RICHARDSON is an actor and producer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2015. Shortly after, Lamar made his regional theater debut as 'Sylvester' in Phylicia Rashad's award-winning production of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2016. He is making his Broadway debut as a Co-Producer on the upcoming 2022-2023 revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman starring Wendell Pierce, Sharon D. Clarke, and Andre de Shields at the Hudson Theatre. He is also currently producing Afrika Brown’s new play in development, The Fight. Lamar co-founded Ivy Lion Productions, which is an independent production company that centers underrepresented voices and champions empowering stories. His additional acting credits include: Jordan Peele’s 'Weird City’, Richard Lawson’s ‘Black Terror,’ James Sweeney’s 'Straight Up' on Netflix, and NBC’s 'New Amsterdam.'  

Inaugural Front Row Fellow Marjuan Canady

Inaugural Front Row Fellow Marjuan Canady

Inaugural Front Row Fellow Marjuan Canady

  MARJUAN CANADY is an award-winning Caribbean-American producer, director, writer, performer, entrepreneur, and educator. A native Washingtonian, her work spans theater, film, tv, children’s media and literature. Her original work has been seen at The John F. Kennedy Center, Sesame Street, The Smithsonian, Harlem Stage, The Lincoln Center, the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and the Miami Book Fair. She is the CEO/ Author of the children's media brand, Callaloo Kids in which she penned four children’s books while adapting these stories on to international stages and into digital media. Marjuan has held fellowships at The Schomburg Center, DC Commission on the Arts, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, and the Anacostia Arts Center. She is the Founder of her production company Sepia Works and non-profit, Canady Foundation for the Arts.  Marjuan is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and holds her B.A. in Theatre / Africana Studies from Fordham University and her M.A. in Arts Politics from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is a proud member of the Producers Guild of America. Marjuan currently resides in Washington, DC with her daughter and partner, Sheldon.  

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations (2019)

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2018)

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2018)

Imperial Theater

Opening Night: March 21, 2019

2018 Pre-Broadway Tour

Kennedy Center, DC | June 19-July 22, 2018

Ahmanson Theatre, LA | August 21-September 30, 2018

Princess of Wales, Toronto | October 11-November 17, 2018

Book by Dominique Morisseau

Music and lyrics from The Motown Catalog

Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler 

Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo

Directed by Des McAnuff 

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 **12 Tony® Award Nominations**  

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2018)

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2018)

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2018)

Stage 42 

Opening Night: July 22, 2018

Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 

Music supervision by Sonny Paladino

Orchestrations by Steve Margoshes and Sonny Paladino

Original Vocal Arrangements by Chapman Roberts

Conceived by  Stephen Helper and Tom Viertel

Directed and Choreographed by Joshua Bergasse

American Son: A New Broadway Play (2018)

American Son: A New Broadway Play (2018)

American Son: A New Broadway Play (2018)

 Booth Theater

Opening Night: November 4, 2018 

by Christopher Demos-Brown 

Directed by Kenny Leon 

Starring: 

Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Eugene Lee, and Jeremy Jordan

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Iceman Cometh (2018)

American Son: A New Broadway Play (2018)

American Son: A New Broadway Play (2018)

Samuel J. Bernard Theatre 

Opening Night: March 6, 2016

by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by George C. Wolfe

Starring: 

Denzel Washington, David Morse,

Colm Meaney, Bill Irwin, Michael Potts, Tammy Blanchard, Carolyn Braver, Austin Butler, Nina Grollman

Broadway Database »

**8 Tony® Award Nominations** 

Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour (2016)

American Son: A New Broadway Play (2018)

Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour (2016)

Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: May 25, 2016 

Music by Bob & Bill

Co-Composed by Andreas Carlsson 

Lyrics by Andreas Carlsson 

Musical Direction by Seth Stachowski

Creative Direction by Jean-François Bouchard

Conceived and Directed by Philippe Decouflé 

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Eclipsed (2016)

The Trip to Bountiful (2013)

Romeo & Juliet (2013)

Photo credit: Joan Marcus

John Golden Theatre 

Opening Night: March 6, 2016

by Danai Gurira

Directed by Liesl Tommy

Starring: 

Lupita Nyong'o, Saycon Sengbloh,

Zainab Jah, Pascale Armand,

Akosua Busia

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**6 Tony® Award Nominations** 

10,000 Girls Campaign

Romeo & Juliet (2013)

The Trip to Bountiful (2013)

Romeo & Juliet (2013)

Photo credit: Carol Rosseg

Richard Rodgers Theatre 

Opening Night: September 19, 2013

by William Shakespeare

Directed by David Leveaux

Starring: 

Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad,

Chuck Cooper, Jane Houdeshell,

Christian Camargo, Justin Guarini


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The Trip to Bountiful (2013)

The Trip to Bountiful (2013)

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

Photo credit: Joan Marcus

Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Opening Night: April 23, 2013
by Horton C. Foote
Directed by Michael Wilson
Starring: 

Cicely Tyson (Tony® Award for Best Actress in a Play),  Cuba Gooding Jr, 

Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad, 

Tom Wopat

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**4 Tony® Award Nominations**

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010)

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

Photo credit: Ken Howard

Broadhurst Theatre

Opening Night: April 22, 2012

by Tennessee Williams

Original Music by Terence Blanchard

Directed by Emily Mann

Starring:

Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker,

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wood Harris

Broadway Database »

**Tony® Award Nomination**

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010)

London's West End. Novello Theatre

Opening Night: December 1, 2009 

by Tennessee Williams 

Directed by Debbie Allen

Starring:

James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad,

Adrian Lester, Sanaa Lathan

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**2010 OLIVIER AWARD 

for Best Revival of a Play**

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010)

Broadhurst Theatre 

Opening Night: March 6, 2008 

by Tennessee Williams 

Directed by Debbie Allen 

Starring: 

James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Terrence Howard, Anika Noni Rose 

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