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
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.'
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.
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
**12 Tony® Award Nominations**
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
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
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
**8 Tony® Award Nominations**
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
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
**6 Tony® Award Nominations**
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
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
**4 Tony® Award Nominations**
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
**Tony® Award Nomination**
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
**2010 OLIVIER AWARD
for Best Revival of a Play**
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