Broadway's Future: A Call For Hope

Broadway's Future

Today I attended a seminar at Lincoln Centre named "Broadway's Future; A Call for Hope", which showcased 15 new musicals written by lyrics/composer duos, each under 30. All had been writing musicals since they were children and the quality was as astounding as the subject matter. One toe tapping show focused on mortality in its various forms and was called "One Death at a Time." An ode to narcissisim was called “I Love You, Me.” “Under A Different Sun” imagined the complexities of a black family who looked white. “Be The Dust” was the story of Adam and Eve's early divorce and “The State of Hockey, The Musical” was a three act treatment of the crisis caused by the Minnesota hockey team being sold to New Mexico. This is just a sample. There were ten more, just as good.