Musical Rewrites

It is the fourth outing of the event, which showcases new musicals touring for the first time, works-in-progress and ‘curtain raisers’. Work under the spotlight includes: Sunshine, which has been developed by SIX producer, Andy Barnes; A Mother’s Song, by Cameron Mackintosh resident composer, Finn Anderson; and Unfortunate, which was a hit of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 and gives the back story to one of Disney’s favourite villains. Each musical will be performed live at The Lowry for a small, socially distanced audience and live-streamed the following week on Broadway on Demand UK’s; stream.theatre platform. On stream.theatre it will run alongside a showcase of new musicals at New York’s famous National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Festival of New Musicals.