Gordon Cox Theater EditorWhat do Pulitzer winner Michael R. Jackson (“A Strange Loop”), Tony winner Ali Stroker (“Oklahoma!”), Guggenheim grant recipient Taylor Mac (“A 24-Decade History of Popular Music”), “Hadestown” actor Amber Gray and composers Shaina Taub (“The Devil Wears Prada,” “The Suffragists”) and Dave Malloy (“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812”) all have in common?
They all perform tunes on “The Liz Swados Project,” the new album celebrating an often overlooked composer who influenced a generation of musical theater creators on the rise.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: On the new episode of Stagecraft, Variety’s theater podcast, Taub and the music director, arranger and orchestrator Kris Kukul.
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