David Hyde Pierce Discusses Details Of Directing IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU

David Hyde Pierce offers his directorial perspective on It Shoulda Been You!

Multi-award-winning stage and screen star David Hyde Pierce directs the new Broadway musical It Shoulda Been You and discusses his directorial ambitions and inspirations as part of a revealing new interview.

"Once I started directing, I realized that a big part of my actor's brain works as a director," Pierce relates.

Additionally, Pierce asserts of the tricks to directing comedy successfully onstage, "It's about music; it's about rhythm; it's about where the space and the sound are. If you have a musical sense, you can hear those things or even see those things-it translates to visual comedy. I have an advantage in having worked with so many different kinds of directors that I know there are no rules in what you can and cannot say to actors."

Furthermore, Pierce says of what he ideally envisions when directing a production, "I want to see actors who are engaged with each other. One of the greatest compliments I ever got came when I was doing a two-person play with Uta Hagen in Los Angeles - she wasn't directing, but I learned so much from time spent with her. After the show, someone said, 'It wasn't like watching a play; it was like we were eavesdropping.' Even in the biggest musical, I think that can still be the case."

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The official description of It Shoulda Been You is as follows: "It Shoulda Been You, a new musical comedy directed by David Hyde Pierce in his Broadway directorial debut, will open at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street). With an original book & lyrics by Brian Hargrove and music by Barbara Anselmi, It Shoulda Been You puts a refreshingly modern spin on the traditional wedding comedy, proving that when it comes to wedding day insanity, it's all relative. The cast of It Shoulda Been You includes Tony Award-winner Tyne Daly, Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess, Lisa Howard, David Burtka, Tony Award nominee Montego Glover, Chip Zien, Josh Grisetti, Adam Heller, Michael X. Martin, Anne L. Nathan, Nick Spangler, and Edward Hibbert, along with Farah Alvin,Gina Farrell, Aaron Finley, Mitch Greenberg, and Jillian Louis. In the hilarious and heartwarming new musical It Shoulda Been You, it's a culture clash for the ages when two families from wildly different backgrounds come together to celebrate a wedding. As if the union wasn't complicated enough, the bride's ex-boyfriend arrives, bringing the wedding to a screeching halt and throwing both families into hysterical chaos. Plots are hatched, promises broken, secrets exposed - and the bride's resourceful sister is left to turn an unmitigated disaster into happily ever after. It Shoulda Been You, which had a sold-out premiere at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse, begins previews on Broadway on March 17, 2015, with an opening night date set for Tuesday, April 14, 2015."

More information on It Shoulda Been You is available at the official site here.

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