Michael John LaChiusa is a musical theatre and opera composer, lyricist, and librettist. He is best known for musically esoteric shows such as Hello Again, Marie Christine, The Wild Party, and See What I Wanna See. He was nominated for four Tony Awards in 2000 for his score and book for both Marie Christine and The Wild Party and received another nomination in 1996 for his work on the libretto for Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
Not only did I learn a bunch during this podcast, but I had a blast talking to Michael John about how he became one of the most talked about musical theater artists of his generation, as well as . . .
- When people say something can’t be made into a musical, that’s when he gets really interested.
- A type of musical you’d be surprised that he’d want to write.
- What he tells his students at NYU most often about writing musicals.
- How he started his career by cold-calling industry heavyweights and dropping by theaters (everything people tell you not to do).
- How he feels about being a Tony Nominator
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