SXSW 2019: Film and Music Collaborating on Broadway
Written by Harrison Lorenzen
During the 2019 SxSW music festival, four major production forces on Broadway came together to discuss the past, present, and future of Film and Music Collaborating on Broadway. Leading the panel was Natasha Davidson, an associate professor of theater at the University of Texas at Austin as well as a producer of The Prom. By her side were Nell Benjamin, lyricist of Mean Girls and Legally Blonde, and Larry O’Keefe, composer of Legally Blonde and Heathers. Rounding out the group was Melisa Sechrest, the Live Stage Representative at Paramount Pictures. The discussion ranged from the current state of Broadway and attracting new audiences, to works already on stage and some future projects.
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