The creatives of A Transparent Musical on the process behind developing a new musical at the Taper and the power it can have.
by Jessica Doherty
“NEW MUSICALS ARE THE MOST REWARDING AND TERRIFYING THING YOU CAN EVER DO IN THEATRE,” Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Kelley Kirkpatrick said.
A Transparent Musical, playing at the Mark Taper Forum through June 25th, is inspired by the award-winning Amazon Prime Original Series Transparent, created by Joey Soloway. Though the characters may overlap, the story is new, serving as an alternate canon separate from the events of the television show that first aired in 2014.
“New musicals are exciting because of their potential,” Kelley said. “The amount of people collaborating towards that one thing is epic.”
What does it mean to develop a completely new musical?
