In Development

Sinatra

Black Orpheus

SINATRA THE MUSICAL, a new stage musical based on the life and career of the legendary Frank Sinatra, received its world premiere production at the Birmingham Rep theater in Birmingham, England from Saturday, September 23 to Saturday, October 28 with book by Memphis writer Joe DiPietro and direction and choreography by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall. Producing will be Universal Music Group Theatrical in association with Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Enterprises.

@franksinatra

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Black Orpheus

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 new musical adaptation is a 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

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

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.

MJ the Musical (2024)

London's West End. Prince Edward Theatre

Press Night: 27 March 2024

Book Lynn Nottage

Music of Michael Jackson

Music direction Jason Michael Webb

Orchestrations & arrangements David Holcenberg & Jason Michael Webb

Michael Jackson Movement

Rich + Tone Talauega

Director | Choreographer

Christopher Wheeldon

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Sister Act (2024)

MJ the Musical (2024)

London's West End. Old Dominion Theatre

Press Night: 21 March 2024

Book Cheri and Bill Steinkellner

Music Alan Menken

Lyrics Glenn Slater

Choreographer Alistair David

Director Bill Buckhurst

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Just for One Day (2024)

MJ the Musical (2024)

Just for One Day (2024)

London's Old Vic Theatre

Press Night: 13 February 2024

Book John O'Farrell

Music Supervision | Arrangements | Orchestrations Matthew Brind

Choreographer Ebony Molina

Director Luke Sheppard

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Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations (2023)

London's West End. Prince Edward Theatre

Opening Night: April 20, 2023

Book Dominique Morisseau

Music and lyrics The Motown Catalog

Orchestrations Harold Wheeler

Music Supervision and Arrangements Kenny Seymour

Choreographer Sergio Trujillo

Director Des McAnuff

Camelot (2023)

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations (2023)

Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre

Opening Night: April 13, 2023

Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner

Music Frederick Loewe

Book Aaron Sorkin

Orchestrations

Robert Russell Bennett & Philip J. Lang

Choreographer Byron Easley

Director Bartlett Sher

Mandela (2022)

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations (2023)

Mandela (2022)

London's Young Vic

Opening Night: December 8, 2022

Book Laiona Michelle

Music and Lyrics

Greg Dean Borowsky & Shaun Borowsky

Choreography Gregory Maqoma
Additional Music & Lyrics Bongi Duma

Orchestrations Sam Young
Musical Supervisor

Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
Musical Director Sean Mayes

Director Schele Williams

Almost Famous (2022)

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Almost Famous (2022)

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Opening Night: November 3, 2022

Book Cameron Crowe

Music & Orchestrations Tom Kitt

Choreographer Sarah O'Gleby

Director Jeremy Herrin

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The Piano Lesson (2022)

MJ the Musical (2022)

Almost Famous (2022)

Ethel Barrymore Theater

Opening Night: October 13, 2022

by August Wilson

Director Latanya Richardson Jackson

Starring:

Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks &

John David Washington

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MJ the Musical (2022)

Neil Simon Theatre

Opening Night: February 1, 2022

Book Lynn Nottage

Music of Michael Jackson

Music direction Jason Michael Webb

Orchestrations & arrangements David Holcenberg & Jason Michael Webb

Michael Jackson Movement

Rich + Tone Talauega

Director | Choreographer

Christopher Wheeldon

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**10 Tony® Award Nominations**

2022 TONY® AWARD for Best Choreography

2022 TONY® AWARD for Best Lead Actor

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Get Up, Stand Up: The Bob Marley Musical (2021)

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

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

Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: October 20, 2021

Music and lyrics from Bob Marley

Book by Lee Hall

Original Concept Kwame Kwei-Armah

Orchestrations by Simon Hale

Music Supervisor & Arranged

by Phil Bateman

Choreographed by Shelley Maxwell

Directed by Clint Dyer

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**2022 OLIVIER® AWARD

for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations**

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

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

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

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**

2019 TONY® AWARD for Best Choreography

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

Stage 42

Opening Night: July 22, 2018

Words and Music

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

Music supervision Sonny Paladino

Orchestrations Steve Margoshes

& Sonny Paladino

Original Vocal Arrangements

Chapman Roberts

Conceived by Stephen Helper

& Tom Viertel

Directed & Choreographed

by Joshua Bergasse

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)

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

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**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)

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**

2016 TONY® AWARD for Best Costume Design

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Romeo & Juliet (2013)

The Trip to Bountiful (2013)

Romeo & Juliet (2013)

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)

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

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**

2013 TONY® AWARD for Best Actress in a Play

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

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

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**Tony® Award Nomination**

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009)

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009)

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)

A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009)

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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