Is American Idol Killing Broadway?
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Today on Soundcheck, New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley joins us to discuss the hit reality series American Idol and its effect on our beloved Broadway musicals. In his article featured on the front page of the Sunday New York Times' Arts & Leisure section, Brantley muses on the qualities that American Idol encourages in its singers – namely, loudness and vocal acrobatics – and how this is echoed in many new Broadway musicals like Brooklyn the Musical, or Rent and Bombay Dreams, both of which now feature American Idol veterans.
And the 92nd Street Y is presenting the world premiere of a new dramatic work based on Eudora Welty’s short story "Music from Spain." We'll have a live performance here in the studio.
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