3788 - Broadway Beyond Sondheim: Breaking New Ground in Musicals of the 2020s (Instructor: Bill Nigut)
Course Description
Instructor: Bill Nigut
3-Week Course
Bill Nigut explores new musicals that have appeared on Broadway in the mid-2020s. Some break new ground in subject matter (The Lost Boys, a musical about teenage vampires), some completely transform a hot from the past (Cats: The Jellicle Ball), and some are a return to the feel good musicals of past eras (Schmigadoon).
Bio: Bill Nigut has been best known for his career as an Atlanta television and radio political analyst and reporter. But less known is that he studied acting and theater history at one of the most prestigious theater colleges in the country - the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago. He founded his own theater company in his hometown of Chicago, studied improvisation at Second City, and was a member of a Chicago improvisation troupe developed by improvisation guru Del Close. Bill saw his first Broadway musical - the original production of The Sound of Music starring Mary Martin - when he was 12 years old - and has been passionate about musicals and straight plays ever since.