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Broadway didn’t really become Broadway until 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a theatre company on Nassau Street, whilst Niblo’s Garden arrived in 1829, bringing the musical centre stage. Was there a moment when you realised there was a Narnia out there for you…?
It was really the greatest showman, P.T. Barnum, who cemented Broadway’s reputation in the 1830s, and an all-singing, all-dancing beauty was born. Do you have a favourite era, a favourite musicals icon…?
You set up Boulevard Productions in 2015 – a natural progression, or a leap in the dark…?
You started with Once More, From The Top, and most recently, Boulevard produced its first full-scale musical, Daddy Long Legs. I’m guessing a full-scale musical must take at least a year to pull together. Or maybe it takes a lifetime of experience…?
You’re bringing your ‘love letter’ to the musicals to Ireland, Bringing Broadway Home pulling together the cream of the 100 musicals you’ve seen on Broadway and off over your year of studying for your MBA at Cornell Tech. Easy to edit down so many choices to one show…?
Will there be songs that people know, or is this a celebration purely of all the new musicals…?
Are you heartened by the phenomenal success of a movie like The Greatest Showman, and the continued rebirth of the Disney musical and the omnipresence of TV talent shows? It would suggest a whole new generation falling in love with musicals again.
Boulevard is very much a family affair – Eoin is your fiancé, and you have close friends Róisín, Naoise and David in the gang too. I’m guessing, given the commitment and dedication involved in putting on a full-scale musical, dedication beyond 9-to-5 is key. This has to be a labour of love for those involved…
Broadway Dandy Rises
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