· EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MICHAEL MCFADDEN AND KATY LIPSON HEAD NEW FULL-SERVICE THEATRICAL PRODUCTION COMPANY, TRW PRODUCTION.
· A DIVERSE SLATE OF PROJECTS ARE IN DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ADAPTATIONS OF THE ROM-COM MUSIC AND LYRICS AND THE 2012 FILM JOYFUL NOISE.
· ALL PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY TRW PRODUCTION WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THEATRICAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE, FACILITATING A LONG AND LUCRATIVE LIFE FOR THESE NEW TITLES IN FIRST CLASS, INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MARKETS.
· A NEW MENTORSHIP PROGRAM CALLED THE COLLECTIVE WILL DEVELOP NEW, ORIGINAL MUSICALS BY UP-AND-COMING COMPOSERS AND LYRICISTS.
TRW Production, a new development, investment, and producing entity headed by Executive Producers Michael McFadden and Katy Lipson, has been announced today.
With a wealth of business acumen and theatrical production experience spanning four decades, Executive Producers Michael McFadden and Katy Lipson head the company’s New York and London offices. Brought together by their unique vision and fierce ambition, both have achieved international success through their individual producing organizations, Phoenix Entertainment and Aria Entertainment. With robust knowledge of US and UK markets, the duo eagerly looks forward to this new chapter of creation and collaboration. In tandem with Steve Spiegel, owner and CEO of licensing house Theatrical Rights Worldwide, TRW Production will develop a wide range of theatrical properties that will have immense appeal to the first-class international, regional, and educational markets.
Empowering the talent of established A-listers and emerging artists alike, TRW Production will embrace storytelling as the most powerful catalyst to generate new ideas by bringing musicals, plays, and theatrical experiences from page to stage.. Among TRW Production’s stage adaptations of films currently in development is Music & Lyrics, the tuneful 2007 rom-com originally starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, which will be adapted by original writer and director Marc Lawrence. Also in development isthe beloved 2012 Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah film Joyful Noise. This stage adaptation by screenwriter Todd Graff will feature an original, gospel-inspired score, alongside hits by pop heavyweights Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Usher. The original songs written for the film by Dolly Parton will also be featured. In addition to films, the company will partner with innovative dramatists to explore the music catalogues of iconic recording artists, beginning with the rock and roll legend, Chuck Berry. His story and sweeping catalogue of songs will be brought to the stage by prolific playwright Will Power.
Driven by its commitment to up-and-coming writers, TRW Production launched The Collective, a mentorship program for the development of new musicals. Each month, a select group of emerging composers and lyricists meet to present material. In this collaborative environment, writers receive invaluable feedback from their peers along with support, advice, and resources from the team at TRW as they develop their original ideas and pave a path towards production.
For further information visit www.trwproduction.com