Creative Team Revealed for Garth Drabinksy's SOUSATZKA

According to an article at the Globe and Mail, the creative team has officially been confirmed for Garth Drabinksy's SOUSATZKA.

The Globe and Mail stated, "Craig Lucas (also a Tony winner for The Light in the Piazza) wrote the adaptation - which moves part of the action to South Africa, while the songs were by the composer/lyricist team David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr., whose Broadway outings are 1983's Baby and 1996's Big. Two designers who just won Tony awards for Hamilton were also involved - Paul Tazewell (costumes) and Howell Binkley (lighting)."

"Maltby suggested Sousatzka will be not be a throwback to the megamusicals of the 1990s - despite its literary source, globe-spanning plot and a cast of 37. 'If that's what [Drabinsky's] famous for, everybody will be astonished at the focus and the simplicity of it,' he said. 'It's going to be very modern - the days of gigantic sets has sort of passed.'"

As previously reported, the production also includes Broadway stars Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza, Cinderella), Montego Glover (Memphis), and Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King).

MADAME SOUSATZKA is aiming for a fall debut in Toronto before a Broadway run next spring.