Broadway Director Joe Barros Conducts Musical Theater Masterclass This Sun., Mar. 31

Manila, Philippines--Broadway director, choreographer and writer Joe Barros, also the associate director of the recent Broadway revival of "Gigi," will conduct a masterclass on creating and developing new musicals this Sunday, Mar. 31, 2019, at The Opera Haus (3657 Bautista St., Makati City), 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In this one-day intensive course, Barros will work closely with each participant on their musical material. No matter where their shows are in their developmental stage, he will guide the participants via an innovative process.

The participants will also learn from watching Barros guide their colleagues. He will explore, review, and investigate the material from the point of view of an American director, playwright, choreographer, producer, and incubator of new musicals to give the participants the tools needed for a potential Broadway-bound musical.

Barros has a passion for creating original musicals that challenge their audiences through provocative stories and innovative storytelling. He believes that it is a time like no other to be creating theater. As the world is rapidly changing, it is important to find new and exciting ways to tell stories that bring us together, rather than divide us.

Barros is also the artistic director of New York Theatre Barn, a Manhattan-based non-profit theater company dedicated to incubating original musicals.

Since his company's inception in 2007, he has created three core-programming platforms to develop new musicals in front of a live audience. The company most recently developed "Sam's Room," a musical inspired by real stories of nonverbal teens who find a way to communicate, and "Eastbound," a musical, told in Mandarin Chinese and English, about a Chinese adoptee who needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative to survive.

Barros, who will also be part of the upcoming Broadway revival of "Titanic," is currently writing a musical about Ryan White, the teenage hemophiliac who became the poster child for AIDS in the '80s (with an all-teenage cast); he is also developing the new musical "Mommie Dearest" with Christina Crawford and David Nehls.

Reserve a slot for his masterclass (main participant: P4,500, observer: P2,500). Call 09154478959.

Photos: Joe Barros, Margot Schulman

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