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Tony winner to work on new show here
Brian Yorkey, Tony Award-winning lyricist and author of the Broadway musical “Next To Normal,” will be working on his next show in Dayton.
Through its Musicals in Development program, The Human Race Theatre Company will host Yorkey and co-writers David Spangler and Jerry Taylor in a residency beginning in late September.
The show, “Play It By Heart,” is about a country music star battling her family and the changing music industry.
Human Race executive director Kevin Moore said the show has been produced previously, in Nashville. But members of the creative team have “moved on to other projects. This will be their first chance to get back together to work on the show, with hopes for a production in the near future.”
The Miriam Rosenthal Memorial Trust Fund is major sponsor for Musicals in Development. The Human Race has also received support from the Ohio Arts Council Arts Innovation Program and the Monarch Genesis Fund of The Dayton Foundation.
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