Ep. 127 - Cursed Child: The Broadway Impact w/ Gordon Cox
Potterless
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 8.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Variety's Gordon Cox, host of Stagecraft, lends his Broadway expertise to explain what it was like when Cursed Child record-setting opening, its star-studded production team, and its recent struggles. Topics include: The Lyric Theater, Former Barns, Moulin Rouge, American Idiot, The Summer Blockbuster of Broadway, pretending to know stuff in a conversation, 2Playz, The Staircase Ballet, and more!
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