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STAGE TUBE: Second Stage's INVISIBLE THREAD Unveils 'Beautiful' Music Video, Filmed in Uganda

By: Sep. 22, 2015
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The cast of Second Stage's upcoming world premiere production of INVISIBLE THREAD, a new musical by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews, in association with American Repertory Theater, directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Finding Neverland, Pippin), visited Uganda to meet the people who inspired the story. While they were there, they shot a music video for the song "Beautiful" from the show. Check it out below!

Co-creator Griffin Matthews will be joined onstage by Melody Betts ("Chicago PD"); Rodrick Covington (Central Avenue Breakdown); Kevin Curtis (A Chorus Line National Tour);Tyrone Davis, Jr. (Shrek National Tour); Nkrumah Gatling(Hair); Latrisa Harper (The Color Purple); Jason Herbert (Fela!); Aisha Jackson (Beautiful); Kristolyn Lloyd (Heathers The Musical); Michael Lluwoye (Fable); Corey Mach (Hands on a Hardbody); Tiffany Mann (Lincoln Center's Sweeney Todd); Jeremy Pope (Choir Boy); Jamard Richardson (The Book of Mormon); Nicolette Robinson (Brooklynite); Adeola Role (Lily's Revenge); Conor Ryan (Cinderella) and Jamar Williams (Broken Window Theory).

INVISIBLE THREAD will begin performances Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Second Stage Theatre's Tony KiserTheatre (305 West 43rd Street).

Determined to find his place in the world, 20-something Griffin leaves his job and his New York City apartment to volunteer for a charity in Africa. But when his altruistic aspirations collide with the real world, his life is changed in unexpected and profound ways. Inspired by a true story, this rousing new musical infuses a world pop score with African beats in an electrifying journey about discovering whether changing the world is even possible.







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