New Works Provincetown Commissions Slate of Projects Including Musical of ‘Love Is Strange’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor New Works Provincetown, a developmental theatre lab founded by producer Mark Cortale with Jonathan Murray and Harvey Reese to create and develop new theatrical works, has commissioned its next slate of projects, including new shows about F.
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s tumultuous marriage and an adaptation of Ira Sachs’ “Love Is Strange.” The shows are from creators like Mona Mansour, Hannah Corneau, Douglas Lyons, Craig Lucas, Daniel Messé, Nathan Tysen, Mindi Dickstein and Carmel Dean.
Among the shows is “Beautiful Little Fool,” which is a new musical inspired by the Fitzgeralds’ relationship. A developmental workshop took place this past August withJessie Mueller, Damon Daunno and Hannah Corneau.
Mansour wrote the book, Corneau wrote the music and lyrics and Michael Greif directs. Then there’s “Table 17,” a new play by Lyons.
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