In Conversation with Choreographers Rick and Jeff Kuperman What is your process for developing movement and choreography for a musical? JEFF: One of the first things we do is read the script and listen to the music, and we do that a few times until it is bouncing around our head. Then we’ll create […]
In Conversation with Anthropologist Dr. Michael Ralph What is the work of an anthropologist? Anthropology in the simplest sense is the study of human society — anthropos is from the Greek meaning human or mankind and logos meaning science. It can be the study of ancient civilizations or of a specific group of people […]
In Conversation with Director Danya Taymor Broadway musicals, even those that are being adapted from existing stories, can take years to create. At what point did you get involved and what has been your role in the development process? The development process for The Outsiders began about 8 years ago, but I didn’t join the […]
In Conversation with Book Writer Adam Rapp This is your first musical and first stage adaptation, what has that been like for you and how has your process been different from the way in which you usually work? It was difficult for me. First, I never studied the form of musical theatre. My brother was […]
Based on the 1967 book by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma during an industrial boom that created societal divisions between the “haves” and the have nots.” Beyond the immediate cultural and economic setting are deeper, historical events that contributed to class tension and civic unrest. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit The Outsiders show detail […]
Parody and Paleontology in Hold On To Your Butts In Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993), scientists manage to clone the T. rex, Triceratops, and other long-gone dinosaurs by recovering fragments of dino DNA from the bodies of ancient mosquitoes preserved in amber. The origins of Hold On To Your Butts, another clone of sorts, are […]
In 1993, we faced our own extinction…and never looked at a tiny mosquito the same way again. The novel-to-film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg assembled an all-star cast — Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, and Samuel L. Jackson. They gathered on a remote island intended to be […]
How The Outsiders Gives Voice to Marginalized Youth and Inspires Across Generations by Ayanna Prescod In 1967, a 16-year-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma, quietly shifted the landscape of American literature. Susan Eloise Hinton, known more publicly as S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders from her bedroom while still in high school. What began as a response to […]
While dinosaurs no longer roam the earth, there are several exhibits and attractions across the Centennial State that will get you ready for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ upcoming cabaret show, Hold On To Your Butts — a parody of the classic film and Michael Crichton novel, Jurassic Park. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the […]
Playwright’s Note Reprinted by permission of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Telenovelas, whether watched or not, are a daily part of popular culture and seep into the lives of most Latin Americans. So when my family emigrated from Mexico to the United States, telenovelas seemed destined to become a thing of my past. Until I realized, Americans […]