Diane Paulus & Harvey Weinstein Discuss FINDING NEVERLAND In New Video Interview

The director and producer share their insight into Finding Neverland on Broadway!

Broadway headliner and GLEE notable Matthew Morrison is set to headline upcoming Broadway musical Finding Neverland alongside multi-award-winning stage and screen star Kelsey Grammer and director Diane Paulus along with producer Harvey Weinstein discuss their participation in the hotly anticipated production as part of a new interview.

"This is a show that is about such fundamental things in life and family, connected with theatre and art," Paulus relates.

Additionally, lead producer Harvey Weinstein adds, "When my dad died... I couldn't console myself... I saw Gene Kelly in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. I never thought musicals were art until the day after my father died and I just spent four hours in that theater. I said, 'If that can do that for me, I better open my eyes.'"

"That's truly what inspired me for the musical art-form," Weinstein concludes.

The official description of FINDING NEVERLAND is as follows: "Based on the Academy Award®-winning film of the same name, this breathtaking show follows playwright J.M. Barrie as he summons the courage to become the writer - and the man - he yearns to be. Barrie finds the inspiration he's been missing when he meets the beautiful widow Sylvia and her four young sons: Jack, George, Michael and Peter. Delighted by the boys' hilarious escapades, Barrie conjures the magical world of Neverland and writes a play unlike any the high-society London theatergoers have ever seen. It's a tremendous risk, but as Barrie himself has discovered- when you believe, you can fly. Tony winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Hair) directs this innovative new musical featuring an original score by noted composer Gary Barlow and Grammy® winner Eliot Kennedy, with a book by celebrated playwright James Graham and choreography by three-time Emmy winner Mia Michaels ("So You Think You Can Dance," Cirque du Soleil's Delirium). Packed with mesmerizing visuals, irresistible songs and plenty of laughs, FINDING NEVERLAND is a timeless story about the power of imagination... and spectacular proof that you never really have to grow up."

View the new featurette on Finding Neverland here.

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