Saturday, March 26, 2011
Kander and....Pierce? A New Collaborator for the Composer of 'Chicago' and 'Cabaret'
NYTimes.com: "John Kander, who with Fred Ebb spent four decades creating some of musical theater’s most beloved hits, including “Cabaret” and “Chicago,” is teaming up with a 32-year-old playwright and fiction writer, Gregory Pierce, on his first full, new theater collaboration with another writer since the passing of Mr. Ebb in 2004.
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This was a very interesting read. With many "Golden Age" composer (and lyricists) aging and perhaps past their prime as such seems to be the case with Sondheim and Jerry Herman, I'm glad that John Kander is still willing to work on new projects and possibly give tremendous knowledge and wisdom to someone who is young like Gregory Pierce. Although Curtains wasn't a masterpiece, it certainly had the heart and fun of many of the classic musical comedies. And such a shame that The Scottsboro Boys closed so prematurely, since it was indeed one of the last Kander & Ebb collaboration. But I hope that Kander and Pierce (so strange to not have "Kander" be followed with "Ebb"...) collaboration will create some interesting pieces.
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