Off-Broadway NewsThe Gospel According to Heather Opens Off-Broadway June 22
Paul Gordon's new musical follows Heather who might be the new messiah, but is also struggling with being the trials of being a teen in a small Ohio town.
By
Leah Putnam
June 22, 2023
Premiering Off-Broadway, The Gospel According to Heather opens at Theatre 555 June 22. Tony nominee Paul Gordon's new musical began previews June 14 for a limited run through July 9.
Heather Krebs wants a boyfriend, but how can she navigate her way through high school if she might be the new Messiah? Set in a small town in Ohio town, The Gospel According to Heather grapples with politics, religion, and teenage romance in the pop musical which features a book, music, and lyrics by Gordon (Jane Eyre).
Director-choreographer Rachel Klein helms the creative team which includes music director Jonathan Bauerfeld, music supervisor Jodie Moore, set designers Christopher and Justin Swader, lighting designer Jamie Roderick, costume designer Saawan Tiwari, sound designer Sean Hagerty, prop designer Brendan McCann, and fight director Timothy Ellis Riley. Casting is by Stephanie Klapper Casting.
Surrounded by period-accurate, 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
The National Asian American Theatre Company production will give a world premiere to a new modern verse translation of the Shakespeare play from Andrea Thome.
By
Andrew Gans,
Logan Culwell-Block
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November 14, 2024
The 2021 concert preceded the acclaimed Off-Broadway staging of Creel's musical inspired by his time wandering the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original Hairspray cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Kerry Butler star in an evening of songs and anecdotes from their careers.
The London production is part of Brooklyn Academy of Music's winter and spring 2025 season, which also includes Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride and more.