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Indie Theatrical is a Tony™ and Grammy™ nominated investment and developmental production team specializing in live and recorded theatrical entertainment. Co-founded by Broadway actor Louis Hobson, and producer Jacob Groshong, Indie has established partnerships with artistic and industry leaders across the globe to create award winning productions, while forging new paths in business sustainability and access to theater.
Your Lie in April was the English language and West End premier of this Japanese anime musical and was the first all-asian cast of a West End musical in history.
The show beautifully fused the classical masterpieces of Rachmaninoff with a stunning contemporary pop infused musical theatre score by Tony, Emmy and Grammy nominated composer Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde).
Kosei Arima, the perfect piano prodigy dubbed the “Human Metronome” for his mechanical accuracy, has won many prestigious competitions, but he loses his ability to hear music following the death of his mother. Can his friends help him return to the heights of his piano playing peak? Your Lie in April is an epic love story about two young people trying to navigate their way in the world of classical music, underscored with Frank Wildhorn’s lushly, romantic music.
YOUR LIE IN APRIL
In ConcerT
Drury Lane theatre
April 2024
West End
Pinter Theatre
June-Aug 2024
Book by Riko Sakaguchi
English Language Book by Rinne B. Groff
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics by Carly Robyn Green and Tracy Miller
Music Arrangement and Orchestration by Jason Howland
Director and Choreographer Nick Winston
Co-Director Jordan Murphy
Musical Supervisor Katy Richardson
Musical Director and Conductor Chris Poon
Set Designer Justin Williams
Costume Designer Kimie Nakano
Sound Designer Rob Bettle for Sound Quiet Time and Adam Fisher
Lighting Designer Rory Beaton
DEATH NOTE
In Concert
London Palladium&
Lyric Theatre
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata/Sheuisha, the new musical has a score by Wildhorn with lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell.
Death Note The Musical concerns Light Yagami, a high school student in Tokyo who comes across a discarded notebook owned by Ryuk, a mythological god of death. Discovering he can kill anyone by just writing their names in the supernatural notebook, Light takes justice into his own hands by filling the notebook with names of the nation’s most wanted criminals.
Director and Choreographer Nick Winston
Associate Director and Choreographer Alex Sarmiento,
Costume Designer Kimie Nakano
Musical Supervisor Katy Richardson
Musical Director Chris Ma
Orchestrator Jason Howland
Designer Justin Williams
Lighting Designer Ben Cracknell
Sound Designer Ben Harrison
Casting Harry Blumenau
Artwork by Rebecca Pitt Creative
Shaun Cassidy's
The Magic of A Midnight Sky
54 Below, NYC
JUNE 2023
SOLD OUT
Returning to the heart of New York - the theater district - to perform at 54 Below is a dream come true," Mr. Cassidy shared. "I spent half my childhood in the city watching my parents on Broadway. Before becoming a writer/producer in television, I enjoyed my final performance as an actor at the Music Box in Blood Brothers. This all feels like a full-circle homecoming to me, and I can't wait to share the experience." Mr. Cassidy’s show, The Magic of a Midnight Sky, is a funny and deeply personal musical exploration of Mr. Cassidy’s life, career, and family. Through songs and storytelling, he offers a compelling showbiz survival tale, sharing his life as a teen idol, and affectionate memories of his father, Tony Award winner Jack Cassidy, his Academy Award-winning mother Shirley Jones, and his late brother, David.
Your Lie In April
West End Cast Album
Frank Wildhorn’s Your Lie in April: The Musical (Original London Cast Recording) is available in streaming and digital formats today, Friday, April 4. Your Lie in April, one of the most popular romantic stories and greatest tearjerkers in the history of Japanese manga – which is a popular form of graphic novel – features music by multi-Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award- nominated Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde, Death Note: The Musical) with lyrics by Carly Robyn Green and Tracy Miller. Based on the manga by Naoshi Arakawa, the musical features book by Riko Sakaguchi and English language book by Rinne B. Groff. Your Lie in April was directed and choreographed by Nick Winston (Fame, Annie, Death Note: The Musical), and co-directed by Jordan Murphy (Back to the Future: The Musical, International Associate Director)
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The album’s cast includes Zheng Xi Yong, Mia Kobayashi, Rachel Clare Chan, Dean John Wilson, Theo Oh, Lucy Park, Ericka Posadas, and Ernest Stroud.
The recording is produced by Nigel Wright and co-produced by Frank Wildhorn and Katy Richardson. Louis Hobson, Pinnacle Productions, Susan Goulet, MatPat and Stephanie Patrick, Willette & Manny Klausner, and Timothy Laczynski serve as executive producers. The album’s associate producers are Mark & Analee Reutlinger, Lorraine Lettieri, Diane DiVita, Don Lawrence & Mary Ann Hay, Black Irish Productions, Joyce Storey, Annaleise Loxton, and Bartos Entertainment Group LLC.
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers follows the story of a couple caught between their present and their past. With an original story and lyrics by Steven Sater and all new music from the legendary Burt Bacharach, this captivating tale leaps across time as an unforgettable melody transports these lovers back to their younger selves. Some Lovers is Burt Bacharach’s first new score for the stage since Promises, Promises in 1968. The musical has had several lives, including a premiere at The Old Globe, a concert at Lincoln Center, and a production of The Other Palace in London. This latest iteration of the piece features a handful of stage and screen costars to present the story through a concept album.
SOME LOVERS
World premier album
2022 Grammy nomination
The recording stars a myriad of on-stage and screen co-stars. The album features Colton Ryan and Molly Gordon (co-stars from Alice by Heart), Betsy Wolfe and Tracie Thoms (co-stars from Falsettos), Ethan Slater and Lilli Cooper (co-stars from SpongeBob SquarePants and Edge of the World), Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele (co-stars from Spring Awakening and GLEE), Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel (co-stars from The Band’s Visit), Conrad Ricamora and Ashley Park (co-stars from The King and I), Christy Altomare and Derek Klena (co-stars from Anastasia), Ramin Karimloo (Les Misérables), Jennifer Holliday (Dreamgirls), Kristin Chenoweth (Promises, Promises), Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes (co-stars from Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella and My Marcello), and Graham Phillips and Auli’i Cravalho (co-stars from The Little Mermaid Live!).
Some Lovers is produced by Michael Croiter and Ben Hartman; Co-Producer: Burt Bacharach, Steven Sater, Cody Lassen; Co-Executive Producers: Maxwell Beer, Brad Blume, Louis Hobson, Elisabeth Siegel, John Styles, Jr., Joanna Topetzes, and Deena Zucker.