Two major West End and Broadway producers, Katy Lipson and Michael McFadden, are joining forces for a new production company, TRW Production.
The new company will be a full-service theatre development, investment and producing company.
Executive Producers Michael McFadden, who ran Phoenix Entertainment (Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, The Color Purple), will run the New York office; and Katy Lipson, who ran Aria Entertainment (Kenrex, Flowers for Mrs Harris, Brokeback Mountain, Cruise), will head the company’s London office.
TRW Production is part of Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), which is comprised of TRW Musicals, TRW Plays and TRW Production. It was founded in 2006 by Owner/CEO Steve Spiegel, providing full-service representation on behalf of authors and rightsholders for live-stage performance of their musicals and plays.
Movie-to-stage adaptations currently on TRW Production’s slate include Music & Lyrics, the 2007 rom-com starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, which is being adapted for the stage by original writer and director Marc Lawrence.
Also in development is the 2012 Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah film Joyful Noise, adapted by the movie’s screenwriter Todd Graff, and featuring an original, gospel-inspired score alongside hits by Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Usher, and Dolly Parton’s songs from the film.
TRW is also partnering with writers to explore the music catalogues of recording artists, beginning with rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry. Berry’s story will be brought to the stage by playwright Will Power.
Other shows on their slate include former Aria and Phoenix projects, including Kenrex, which had a successful run in Sheffield and London; Wild Heart, a musical about Joan of Arc; and ancient Greece musical The Olympians.
Other new TRW Production initiatives include The Collective, a mentorship program for the development of new musicals, with emerging composers and lyricists meeting to present material.
Katie Lipson is running a short tour of The Addams Family musical this summer, including Birmingham, Leicester, Salford, Canterbury, and Bath.
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