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Big-screen dramas on stage

August 27, 2013 Big Fish, Broadway

USA Today’s Elysa Gardner interviewed me and Andrew Lippa about Big Fish and the influx of movie-based dramas on Broadway this season: “The musicals that have been very successful with audiences over time are generally the ones that traffic in big emotions,” notes Lippa, whose credits as a composer and lyricist range from Broadway’s The […]

Big Fish on Broadway, iteration and why I’d love to see you in September

August 17, 2013 Big Fish, Broadway

With the Broadway edition of Big Fish imminent, a discussion of iteration and the value of feedback.

Big Fish box office opens

August 8, 2013 Big Fish

The box office at the Neil Simon Theatre in New York City opened this morning, selling tickets for the Broadway incarnation of Big Fish. First performance is September 5th. Official opening is October 6th. Tickets are also available online of course, but Ticketmaster charges a fee and doesn’t even have ice cream coming at 1pm. […]

Previz for screenwriters

June 14, 2013 Follow Up, Monsterpocalypse

Generally, screenwriters should focus on words rather than pictures. But in certain cases, images really help.

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