{"id":662704,"date":"2025-04-15T01:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T22:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tlc-stage-musical-crazysexycool-to-make-world-premiere-next-summer\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T01:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T22:54:47","slug":"tlc-stage-musical-crazysexycool-to-make-world-premiere-next-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tlc-stage-musical-crazysexycool-to-make-world-premiere-next-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"TLC Stage Musical \u2018CrazySexyCool\u2019 to Make World Premiere Next Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tA musical about girl group TLC<\/em> will make its world premiere in Washington D.C. next summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten and directed by Olivier-Award winner Kwame Kwei-Armah, CrazySexyCool \u2013 The TLC Musical <\/em>will premiere at Arena Stage Theater from June 12, 2026 through Aug. 9. The musical is described as a \u201csemi-biographical\u201d look at the chart-topping girl group, which produced hits such as No Scrubs, Waterfalls<\/em> and Unpretty<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe musical will feature pre-existing songs from TLC. Chloe O. Davis will choreograph the show. Kwei-Armah also wrote and directed One Love: The Bob Marley Musical.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTLC is synonymous with rebellion \u2014 using their art to challenge, subvert, and entertain,\u201d Kwei-Armah said. \u201cWhy a musical? Why now? Their lives need to be sung. It\u2019s about that time!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe musical comes as part of Arena Stage\u2019s 75th anniversary season, in 2025\/2026, which will encompass nine productions, including a new adaptation of Damn Yankees<\/em>, adapted by Will Power and Doug Wright, with additional lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Sergio Trujillo directs the production.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe season will also include Pal Joey<\/em>, directed by Tony Award-winning choreographer <\/strong>Savion Glover and actor, director and producer Tony Goldwyn, who teamed up on a reimagining of the musical, which previously played New York\u2019s City Center in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA revival of Inherit the Wind,<\/em> about two legal giants fighting over the right to teach evolutions in schools, helmed by Ryan Guzzo Purcell, <\/em>the world premiere of Fremont Ave.<\/em>, a multi-general<\/a> dramatic-comedy directed by two-time Helen Hayes Award winner Lili-Anne Brown, Christopher Chen\u2019s The Motion<\/em>, described as a \u201ccharged exploration of humanity,\u201d directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif, and a one-woman show, A Good Day to Me Not You<\/em>, directed by Lee Sunday Evans and featuring Lameece Issaq, will also be part of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe season ends with a lyrical memoir, entitled My Joy is Heavy,<\/em> from Abigail and Shaun Bengson about their journey through pregnancy loss. Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin will helm the production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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