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For some of his most recent work, McCabe has drawn on stories from his Catholic upbringing but through an LGBTQ+ lens. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s actually a really rich source material,카지노 게임 컬렉션 McCabe says of familiar biblical stories. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I thought it might be a fun way to subvert this text that is so often abused and misused to ostracize queer people.카지노 게임 컬렉션
This subversion is a choice that is both artistic and personal. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m told by my queer peers to run away from [the source material],카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It feels taboo in ways that set me apart as a writer.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Typically, McCabe writes the book and lyrics for a show and collaborates with a musical composer, but he is currently focused on The Covenant, a musical he is writing entirely on his own for the first time. That includes the book, lyrics, and music. He recently completed a residency at Catwalk Institute to develop the musical. Inspired by the biblical story of David and Jonathan, the piece reimagines their relationship as a romance. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It felt like the right opportunity to explore my own musical voice, especially with a character like David who is literally a songwriter,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he explains.
By centring new perspectives from familiar canon, McCabe is adding to the diversity of voices in musical theatre repertoire. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Representation in musical theatre seems to be getting better 카지노 게임 컬렉션 slowly, too slowly,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
But, he notes, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s not necessarily happening on the big Broadway stages. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Representation and innovation in musical theatre are victims of the now inescapable trend of the Broadway movie musical,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he adds, tongue-somewhat-in-cheek, referring to the trend of producers backing musicals based on existing intellectual property (think of shows like Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, and Back to the Future) rather than seeking out fresh material.
카지노 게임 컬렉션If you want to see innovative, queer, original, cutting-edge musical theatre, you카지노 게임 컬렉션ll have to look a little further. It is happening 카지노 게임 컬렉션 in readings and workshops and production off- and very-very-off Broadway,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he smiles.
Originally from Ottawa, McCabe thought he was on track for a teaching career. 카지노 게임 컬렉션What drew me to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s was the concurrent education program, but I was also a theatre major and there were just a ton of opportunities to put on shows,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he explains. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It felt like we did 100 musicals per semester, and I think that was the best way to learn.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Until his time as an undergrad, McCabe had primarily been involved in musical theatre as a performer, and it was during his time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s that he first took on directing and then writing his own pieces. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I never really knew where my place was, because it was a lot of fun to perform but I knew that I was surrounded by really talented performers,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he chuckles. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I had the drive, I had the passion, but I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t really think that was my place.카지노 게임 컬렉션
He first traded acting for writing with a 20-minute semi-autobiographical musical cleverly titled Memoirs of a Gay Sean as part of a Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s studio series. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was such a thrill,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션That카지노 게임 컬렉션s when I first felt like I belonged in the world of musical theatre, and it카지노 게임 컬렉션s what inspired me to keep going down that route.카지노 게임 컬렉션
He credits the myriad of opportunities at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노 게임 컬렉션 from directing and writing to performing with the school카지노 게임 컬렉션s Barefoot Players troupe, along with the theoretical theatre training he received from dedicated professors 카지노 게임 컬렉션 for setting him on the path to a career in musical theatre.
Now, by day he works for a non-profit offering tuition-free performing arts education to underserved youth in the city. He dedicates the rest of his time to writing; his work has been presented by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and, with collaborator Paulie Pecorella, he won the Drama League카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노 게임 컬렉션Anthem for the Future of Theatre카지노 게임 컬렉션 songwriting contest. He also works with performance students at NYU and at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, where his songs are a part of the curriculum.
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His mentor, the late Steven Lutvak, who wrote the Tony Award-winning musical A Gentleman카지노 게임 컬렉션s Guide to Love and Murder and taught at NYU, instilled in McCabe that he was responsible for creating his own path. 카지노 게임 컬렉션No one is going to reach down and lift you up, you have to want it enough, so that카지노 게임 컬렉션s what I카지노 게임 컬렉션m doing,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
