On episode 48 of the Filmed Live Musicals podcast, host Luisa Lyons chats with James Jefferies, the writer and composer of the new electro-rock sci-fi musical of a Lifetime. Topics include James’ unusual path to staging a musical in New York all the way from Brisbane, Australia; how the show came to be filmed, and the myriad of influences that led James to writing an original musical.
James Jefferies is an Australian composer and writer based in Brisbane. His original musical of a Lifetime has been performed in New York at Don’t Tell Mama, the 53 Above Broadway Comedy Club, and the off-Broadway Actors Temple Theater. The musical was filmed during its off-Broadway run and is now available to stream on Stellar. The cabaret performances of the musical can also be found on YouTube. Links below. Show Links Filmed Live Musicals database Stream on Stellar 53 Above at Broadway Concert Don’t Tell Mama Concert Cast Recording
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Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons. Luisa is an Australian actor, writer, and musician. She holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com or follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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 Host Luisa Lyons chats with Jim McCarthy, CEO of Stellar and author of the new book Beyond the Back Row: The Breakthrough Potential of Digital Live Entertainment and Arts, which explains the why, how, and what of online events.
In this lively conversation, McCarthy shares the value of an English degree, how working in e-commerce led him to the creation of Goldstar, how the company changed course in March 2020, the creation of theatre streaming platform Stellar, how the NBA can be a model for streaming theatre, the current theatre business model and how streaming can make it better, re-thinking bootlegs, and accessibility. Beyond the Back Row is available via Amazon and Bookshop.org (these are affiliate links and Filmed Live Musicals may earn income from purchases made through these links). Jim McCarthy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stellar, the only full-service livestream partner for professional live entertainment organizers, committed to delivering premium interactive online shows to paying audiences around the world. For nearly 20 years, Jim was the CEO/Co-Founder of Goldstar helping 10 million people go to Goldstar to discover live events nationwide for 5,000 live entertainment organizers. When the COVID-19 crisis shut down the live entertainment industry in March 2020, Jim led the charge to develop Stellar, to help producers create and sell high quality-live streaming events. In August 2020, Stellar started welcoming creators and audiences in beta. Since then, millions of people have live streamed a variety of shows available on the platform. In July of 2022, his new book, Beyond the Back Row: The Breakthrough Potential of Digital Live Entertainment and Arts, was released to help break down the why, how, and what of online, streaming, and hybrid live events. For more info and a full length bio visit Stellar. Filmed Live Musicals is the most comprehensive online searchable database for musicals that have been filmed live on stage. Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to content, bonus content in the weekly newsletter, and exclusive access to the streaming calendar, no matter how much you pledge. Become a Patron today! Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons. Luisa is an Australian actor, writer, and musician. She holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com or follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.  A weekly round-up of what's happening in the land of Filmed Live Musicals! Broadway on Demand on TV! Broadway on Demand is now available for free on smart TV's via DistroTV, FreebieTV, FreeCast, localnow, and Streamstak, (available via AppleTV, chromecast, Roku, androidtv, and Samsung). Stream Visit Broadway on Demand to learn more. Beyond the Back Row: The Breakthrough Potential of Digital Live Entertainment and Arts Jim McCarthy, CEO of Goldstar and Stellar, has released a truly brilliant new book that breaks down the why, how, and what of online, streaming, and hybrid live events. If you’re interested in streaming theatre, or even if you’re a skeptic, this book is for you! Available via Amazon or Bookshop.org (these are affiliate links and I may earn income from purchases made through these links). Phantom: The Musical A Korean-language production of Maury Yeston’s take on “musical genius cursed with a monstrous face” is available to watch in cinemas around the US and Canada on September 22 and 24. The musical was filmed live at the Charlotte Theatre in South Korea, and is presented in Korean with English subtitles. For local listings and tickets visit Art Seen Films. Mexican Pizza the Musical Mexican Pizza the Musical, a ridiculously fun advert featuring Dolly Parton and Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza, with music and lyrics by Grammy Award Winners Barlow & Bear (writers of viral sensation Bridgerton the Musical) is available on TikTok. Some Like it Hot: Streaming Speakeasy Upcoming Broadway musical Some Like It Hot, with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, have paired with Stellar to create what is billed as a “social club [that] gives theater fans exclusive access to the secrets of the next great musical comedy.” The Speakeasy includes livestreamed events including behind-the-scenes peeks, conversations with cast and creatives, and exclusive content. Programs are made available on demand after the livestream. Free. More info and access via Stellar. Chichester Festival Theatre: Digital Stages Chichester Festival Theatre provided an array of wonderful online content throughout the pandemic — their WWII-era Beauty and the Beast and Flowers for Mrs. Harris were particular highlights — and they continue to provide digital events available around the world. To celebrate their 60th anniversary, CFT have released five fascinating digital events including a digital diorama, a virtual behind-the-scenes tour, and a unique program utilizing new technology that allows you to step back in time to see the Festival Theatre as it was in 1962. Most programs are available for free, or for a small fee. Visit CFT Digital Stages to learn more. Hollywood in Vienna: A Celebration of Disney Classics Featuring Alan Menken An annual concert celebrating Hollywood music performed with a symphonic orchestra in memory of Austrian composer Max Steiner. Steiner worked on Broadway in the early 20th century, and composed the scores for over 300 Hollywood films including Gone With the Wind and Casablanca. This year's concert celebrating the work Alan Menken was originally scheduled for 2020, and is now taking place on September 23, 2022. It has been announced that Disney Plus will stream the concert, but a broadcast date has yet to be set. The Filmed Live Musicals Newsletter
Want to know where to watch filmed musicals online? Sign up for the Filmed Live Musicals newsletter! Sent out every Thursday, the newsletter contains a detailed listing on upcoming musical streams from around the world. This week's free newsletter has info on a dozen new musicals streaming over the weekend including two sci-fi musicals, two feminist musicals, musicals from Australia, the UK, the US, and Korea, work featuring Frank Sinatra and Leonard Bernstein, concerts featuring Broadway performers, and more! Patrons get access to the full newsletter which includes musicals streaming on demand, musicals for kids and families, and bonus content. Patrons also get early access to site content and the Filmed Live Musicals podcast! By becoming a patron, you ensure Filmed Live Musicals can continue to catalog filmed stage musicals and bring you the latest info on proshots!  There are two new entries to take a look at in the database - Better Late (1946) and Of a Lifetime (2021). The titles were filmed 75 years apart and represent very different possibilities of bringing live musicals to the screen. And just for fun, despite being filmed in the UK and US respectively, both musicals have Aussie connections much like yours truly who is Australian born!
Better Late was a musical revue starring Beatrice Lillie, and it was the first musical to be broadcast live by the BBC from the West End following WWII. The cast also included Aussie actor Murray Matheson who became a dear friend of Lillie's. A fun connection for me, when I was accepted to study at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama I was awarded the Beatrice Lillie Scholarship! I wonder what Ms. Lillie and Mr. Murray would think of this Aussie, who trained in London and now lives in the US, would think of their revue being studied in this way over three-quarters of century later?! Of a Lifetime is a new electro-rock sci-fi musical by Aussie writer and composer James C.K. Jefferies. The musical was filmed during its off-Broadway run in 2021, and the film was an official selection of the 2022 International New York Film Festival where it received a Merit Award. It's available to stream online. Visit the database to learn more! 
Host Luisa Lyons chats with Christian Tiu and Bianca Lao all about the student theatre group Ateneo Blue Repertory in Manila, and how they managed to make theatre through COVID, political upheaval, and whilst getting a college education. Other topics include the challenges and joys of creating student theatre, and how Blue Ateneo Rep created a hybrid in-person/filmed version of the musical First Date.
Christian Tiu is currently a senior from the Ateneo de Manila University taking up a degree in BS Psychology. His first experience with musical theater was developing a massive crush on Emmy Rossum from the Phantom of the Opera (2004). He has been a part of the Ateneo Blue Repertory for the past three years and has worked in several positions such as a Front of House Head for Next to Normal (2020), Production Manager for f(r)iction (2021), Chief Finance Officer for We Aren't Kids Anymore (2021), and Assistant Director for First Date (2022). Bianca Lao (Production Manager) is currently a third-year student taking up AB Communication and a minor in BFA Theater Arts under the Performing Track. She is presently the Artistic Director of the 30th Season Company Core. She played cheerleader Kylar in her newbie production of Bring It On (2019) and has done production work as MUCH head for Party Worth Crashing (2021), and eventually became Assistant Production Designer in f(r)iction (2021). Follow Ateneo Blue Rep on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Follow Christian Tiu on Twitter. 
Host Luisa Lyons chats with Planet Money host Kenny Malone and composer Kit Goldstein Grant all about the creation of the new superhero musical Micro-Face! Learn about the inspiration behind the musical, the workshop process, and the special one-night-only staged reading! With guest appearance by actor Sebastian Treviño.
Kit Goldstein Grant is a composer, lyricist, librettist based in NYC. She likes to write musicals about topics ranging from the serious fallout of colonialist attitudes to giant noses running away. Her musical THE NOSE (that’s the one about the giant nose) has been produced several times in South Africa and NYC, and her musical THE GIANT HOAX had its NYC premiere at Theater Row. Kit has studied at Juilliard, the Tony-Award winning BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, and holds a M.M. in Composition from Brooklyn College. She teaches musical theater writing with Paper Kite Arts. Follow Kit on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Learn more at: www.kitgoldstein.com and www.totallyirrelevantproductions.com. Kenny Malone Kenny Malone is a correspondent for NPR's Planet Money podcast. Before that, he was a reporter for WNYC's Only Human podcast. Before that, he was a reporter for Miami's WLRN. And before that, he was a reporter for his friend T.C.'s homemade newspaper, Neighborhood News. His work has won the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Use of Sound, the National Headliner Award, the Scripps Howard Award, and the Bronze Third Coast Festival Award. He studied mathematics at Xavier University in Cincinnati and proudly hails from Meadville, PA, where the zipper was invented. Follow Kenny on Twitter. Watch Kenny's favorite filmed live musical here!
Filmed Live Musicals is the most comprehensive online searchable database for musicals that have been filmed live on stage. Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to content, no matter how much you pledge.
Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons. Luisa is an Australian actor, writer, and musician. She holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com or follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Enjoyed this podcast? Leave a review and help spread the word! 
Host Luisa Lyons chats with composer, producer, and lawyer Jay Kuo all about the Broadway musical Allegiance. Topics include how Sunday in the Park with George inspired the filming of Allegiance, the amazing happenstance of meeting George Takei and how Jay came to write George’s story, why producers should get behind filming their shows, and more!
*Editor's Note* We had some difficulties with the audio, but we hope the quality of the content will make this episode a worthwhile listen! Allegiance, and the accompanying documentary Allegiance to Broadway, are available to stream on Broadway on Demand until July 6, 2022. The musical is also available on BroadwayHD, and on DVD. Watch clips from the 2021 Japanese-language Horipro Stage production. Jay Kuo is the CEO of The Social Edge, a digital publishing and social media company based in New York City. Jay is head of "Team Takei," managing engagement with Star Trek legend George Takei’s 23 million Facebook, Instagram and Twitter followers. Jay is also the composer, lyricist and co-librettist for the Broadway musical Allegiance as well as the librettist on the Broadway-bound Indigo, the first musical to feature and star a teenage girl on the autism spectrum. Jay is also a two-time Tony-winning co-producer for the hit musical Hadestown and the critically-acclaimed, epic play The Inheritance. Apart from his Broadway and social media work, Jay is a published author, an avid political blogger, and a partner in Gaingels LLC, the nation’s largest private investment syndicate. While he worked as an attorney, Jay was an appellate litigator admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Jay has served on the boards of the Northern California ACLU and the Bay Area Lawyers Individual Freedom, and he argued the first Ninth Circuit challenge to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Jay currently serves on the national board of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization serving the LGBTQ+ community. Jay holds an A.B. in Political Science from Stanford University and a law degree from U.C. Berkeley where he served as student body president, Associate Editor of the California Law Review, and co-founder and Managing Editor of the Asian Law Journal." Follow Jay on Facebook and Twitter. Filmed Live Musicals is the most comprehensive online searchable database for musicals that have been filmed live on stage. Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to content, bonus content in the weekly newsletter, and exclusive access to the streaming calendar, no matter how much you pledge. Become a Patron today! Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons. Luisa is an Australian actor, writer, and musician. She holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com or follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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 This week in Filmed Live Musicals news includes work from Tony nominees and winners, a Hawaiian Language Theatre Festival, new digital offerings from Chichester Festival Theatre, TEDx Broadway Ten, upcoming releases and more!
Tony Tony Tony! I know many of my readers outside the US were frustrated that they weren’t able to watch the Tony Awards this year, either live or on catch-up. Despite this, it bodes well for filmed theatre that 6 shows from the 2021/22 Broadway season have been, or will be filmed live for release.
Earlier in the week, I shared a blog post, Where To Watch the Tony Winners & Nominees, which features a list of over 35 filmed live musicals that this year’s Tony contenders previously worked on, most of which are available to stream! 'Aha Hana Keaka: KEAKA Hawaiian Language Theatre Festival The month long festival is available on demand for free and includes a wide range films, plays, musicals, and slam poetry performed in “full Hawaiian language to partial Hawaiian language.” The musical Wordsworth, available with Hawaiian or English subtitles, looks particularly delightful. More info and access via KEAKA Hawaiian Language Theatre Festival. Chichester Festival Theatre: Digital Stages In July, Chichester Festival Theatre (CFT) will be celebrating their 60th anniversary with five unique digital events. Events include Visionary Stages which will use cutting-edge technology to recreate the stage as it looked in 1962, and Digital Diorama which will feature 60 pieces from CFT’s archive such as model boxes, props, costumes, set designs, and sound bites. More info and tickets from CFT. International Thespian Festival A festival celebrating school theatre taking place at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. For the first time, a virtual option is being made available which includes access to a livestream of the opening ceremony, online workshops, and screenings of The SpongeBob Musical and the National Theatre production of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Virtual tickets for non-members are $99US. More info and tickets from ITF. TEDx Broadway Ten The tenth anniversary of TEDx Broadway was held at New World Stages on May 17, and is now available to stream via Stellar. Speakers include Emanuel Azenberg, Sammy Lopez, past Filmed Live Musicals podcast guest Margaret Hall, and more! Tickets are $15US. More info and access via Stellar. Upcoming Releases
 I had so much fun live-tweeting the Tony Awards and sharing the past filmed live work of the nominees! As I shared on Twitter, I love celebrating Broadway & live theatre, but I also want to acknowledge how hard it is for so many people to attend in person because of cost, location, childcare, disability, illness & a myriad of other reasons. Filmed theatre provides access to theatre, it creates a historical record of the ephemeral, has the potential to generate new income, and can be used as an educational tool. Filmed theatre must be a part of accessibility planning. It bodes well that 5 shows from this season were filmed/broadcast (whether from Broadway or the West End). I hope that one day, audiences around the world will be able to access every show. Here you'll find a list of the filmed live musicals and plays from the 2021/22 season, and a list of filmed live musicals that this year's winners and nominees have worked on. In this week's newsletter dropping on Thursday, patrons will also have access to a list of plays, operas, films, and other digital works from this year's nominees. If you want access, become a Filmed Live Musical Patron today! You'll also get access to the streaming calendar, early access to the podcast, and more bonus content! This post contains affiliate links and as an affiliate I may earn from qualifying purchases made through these links. Filmed Live Shows from the 2021/22 Season Musicals Diana: The Musical (2021)
Girl from the North Country (2022)
Six (2022)
Plays Clyde’s (2022)
The Lehman Trilogy (2019)
Filmed Live Musicals An American in Paris (2017)
Anything Goes (2021)
Cabaret (1993)
Candide (2004)
Carousel (2013)
Come From Away -
Contact (2002)
Company (1996)
Company (2011)
The Cradle Will Rock (1986)
FELA! (2011)
Fosse (2001)
Hamilton (2016)
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
The King and I
The Last Five Years (2020)
The Light in the Piazza (2006)
Little Women (2021)
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
Love Never Dies
Newsies
Oklahoma! (1998)
Passing Strange (2008)
Passion (2005)
Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall (2011)
She Loves Me -
Shrek the Musical
Smokey Joe’s Cafe (2000)
South Pacific (2010)
Spongebob The Musical (2019)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live in Concert -
Taboo
The Wiz Live! (2015)
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Want to know what's streaming this weekend? Sign up for the Filmed Live Musicals newsletter! The free version contains shows streaming at specific times, while the full version, available to patrons also includes new musicals streaming on demand and bonus content! The newsletter is sent out every Thursday. Sign up today! Tony, Tony, Tony! The 75th Annual Tony Awards are happening on Sunday, June 12! Broadcast live from Radio City Hall in NYC, the awards celebrate excellence from the 2021/22 Broadway season and will feature performances from this year's Tony nominated musicals including A Strange Loop, Company, Girl from North Country, MJ, Mr. Saturday Night, Music Man, Paradise Square and SIX. Check out this previous blog post for a list of over 30 filmed live musicals that were nominated for, or won, a Tony Award! Don’t Lose Your Head: Six Taping I’ve been waiting for this news for a loooong time. Six, the smash-hit musical with a rocking score about the six wives of Henry VIII, is going to be filmed live in the West End with the original cast! If you’re going to be in London, you can enter the lottery to attend the live taping on July 1 at the Vaudeville Theatre. The ballot goes live at 10am GMT (5am ET) on Friday, June 10. Follow Six on Twitter, for more info and links to the ballot! Celebrate Black Excellence: Live Taping Inspired by the cultural phenomenon Verzuz, BROADWAY VS is a celebration of the vital impact of Black culture on Broadway. Hosted by Amber Iman, the Broadway Advocacy Coalition will honor the careers of two Broadway legends - Joshua Henry and Norm Lewis - while raising funds to support Broadway Advocacy Coalition’s work empowering artist activists on Broadway and beyond. You can also register to watch the livestream. More info and registration at Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Digital Access to Arts and Culture A new report, Digital Access to Arts and Culture was released this week that details the findings of an 18-month British research project into the role of digital arts and culture in the UK during the pandemic, focusing on its accessibility implications. The report found that:
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee A medley of musicals was performed as part of the The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on June 4. The performance included songs from Hamilton, The Lion King, Six, Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The medley was introduced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Lloyd Webber singing together at a baby grand piano. Watch the performance on YouTube. A big congratulations to Chickenshed, one of my favorite theatre organizations, who were invited to perform in The National Lottery's Big Jubilee Street Party. The event aired on ITV in the UK on June 4, and is now available on demand via ITV (UK viewers only). Take a listen to episode 22 of the Filmed Live Musicals podcast to hear more about Chickenshed’s extraordinary work! Our Boy by John Kander Writer Samaan Ashrawi shared a beautiful story on Twitter about his grandfather’s college love John Kander. During the pandemic, Ashrawi discovered a 7” vinyl in the family bookshelf labelled “Our Boy - John Kander - Summer 1951”. The song was actually part of a one act musical composed by a twenty-two year old Kander (who would later go on to write Flora the Red Menace, Cabaret, Chicago, and more), who had wanted Ashwari’s grandfather to be the lead. You can listen to the whole sweet story via Elis. |
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