After consultations with several Broadway experts, our Scene 3 song has now changed from “Don’t Forget Your Cock Ring” to “Don’t Forget Your Bible.” This must be the hardest 180 degree turn in revision history! : )
Amen!
Marriage
Audience Feedback Very Helpful In Making Act 1 Revisions
The Gayland writing team is meeting over the weekend to make edits to Act 1, based on what we learned from the recent Act 1 reading in NY. Thanks much to the audience and your varied and perceptive feedback. It’s really helping us make the choices required to slim down and add oomph to the first act.
“Breeder Love Promo” Rehearsal
Here’s our wonderful cast rehearsing one of the new songs, “Breeder Love Promo.”
Performers
Danielle Erin Rhodes
Ivan Griffin
Sam Given
Shaleah Adkisson
Stephen Elkins
Blake Zolfo
Troy Valjean Rucker
Natalie Pavalek
Music Director
Mark Hartman
Excellent New York Visit
We’ve just finished a whirlwind tour of Broadway, taking in seven of the current shows: some huge, some standards, some struggling. All of it was immensely educational, and the experience is helping us fine-tune the final drafts of Gayland 5.0.
We also had the opportunity to meet with a Broadway producer and an investor, who both offered valuable insider perspectives and expressed interest in seeing our next steps. There’s also the possibility of introductions to some key players, once we have this version finished.
In addition, we had the opportunity to check in with our growing family of creatives and actors that are helping to grow Gayland and have shown a keen aptitude for developing the characters and music.
Our goal is to have Gayland 5.0 done in the next 6 weeks, with table reads to come in the early fall.
Gayland – Fun Fact!
Did you know that “Gayland” was once in use as a boy’s name in America? Gayland’s popularity peaked in 1950, when 47 lads were handed this moniker upon arrival. Find out more.<b>
As a gesture of solidarity, we’d like to invite all Gaylands to join us on opening night on Broadway—our treat, of course.
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As soon as we get close, we’ll let you know. Watch this space!
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Gayland, The Musical 