The Original Cast Recording of Pretty Filthy is now available on Ghostlight Records! Drawing on extensive interviews and research, The Civilians’ PRETTY FILTHY explores the real stories of people in the adult entertainment industry. PRETTY FILTHY – directed by Steve Cosson, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman and a book by Bess Wohl – was a New York Times “Critic’s Pick” and called “winningly guileless” and “frequently hilarious” by The New York Post, as well as “one of the best musicals of 2015” by The Huffington Post. Other Michael Friedman scores available on Ghostlight Records include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Fortress of Solitude. The recording will be produced by Michael Friedman and Kurt Deutsch with Jon Platt serving as executive producer. The Civilians is known for its singular approach to making what it calls ‘investigative theater,’ a process in which the show’s creators immerse themselves in a subject matter, conducting extensive interviews and research. This brand of journalistic theater-making enables the company to tackle complex subjects with intelligence, humanity and humor. Inspired by a tradition of classic musicals about show business, PRETTY FILTHY is the untold showbiz musical, based on interviews with adult entertainers. Armed with their notepads and recorders, The Civilians crossed the mountain range that divides Hollywood from the “other Hollywood”—the San Fernando Valley, world capital of porn. The creative team conducted interviews and visited sets to get an insider’s glimpse into a world that is far more than the sum of its (very) visible parts. The Civilians’ time in the Valley captured a singular time in our culture; this digital era that’s radically transformed the business of sex. PRETTY FILTHY is ultimately a story about trying to make a life and a living in an ever-changing world—a task that’s all the more complicated when your work is so intimately tied to customer “satisfaction.”
Label: Ghostlight
Pianist & Composer Natalie Tenenbaum Releases New Album 'Standard Repertoire, Vol. 1'
by A.A. Cristi
- April 26, 2024
Natalie Tenenbaum is a composer, pianist, and music producer recognized equally on the stages of Carnegie Hall, SXSW and Broadway for breaking the boundaries between classical composition, popular storytelling, and improvisational jazz to create acoustic and electro-acoustic concert music for a wide scope of artists.
Joe Lycett's ART HOLE To Be Published This Autumn
by Blair Ingenthron
- April 14, 2024
Anna Valentine, Managing Director of The Orion Publishing Group, has acquired World rights to Joe Lycett's Art Hole by Joe Lycett, from Hannah Chambers at Chambers Management, in a competitive eight way auction.
24 Theater Books for Your Spring 2024 Reading List
by Nicole Rosky
- March 23, 2024
Need a great book to spring into the new season? This spring, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 24 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's spring reading list.
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