MEDIA ALERT: Livestreamed Event
State of the Art 110-Foot-High Broadway Tent Raising at Grandscape
WHAT:
The Broadway Tent Raising at Grandscape. The Broadway Tent is a new state-of-the-art 1,300-seat and 75,000 square foot performance venue developed and designed by the UK-based Matthew Churchill Productions Ltd.
The Broadway Tent will host the World Premiere production of His Story: The Musical, the new contemporary pop/hip-hop Broadway musical based on the story of Jesus.
His Story: The Musical creator Anna Miriam Brown; Tony Award nominated producer Bruce Lazarus, Matthew Churchill, producer and The Broadway Tent designer, and Freddie Anceschi, Tent Master.
The event will be livestreamed at https://www.instagram.com/hisstorythemusical/.
WHEN:
Thursday, March 23,
10:00 a.m. (tent raising)
10:30 a.m. (Interview opportunities)
WHERE:
Grandscape (We will gather at the Grandscape Stylon located in front of the ferris wheel)
5752 Grandscape Blvd., The Colony, TX 75056
**Please wear comfortable shoes as we will be walking on gravel in an active construction site. We will also be required to wear hard hats and reflector vests, to be provided by the production.
WHO:
Event participants include:
Anna Miriam Brown, Creator (Book/Music/Lyrics). Now 21, Anna started writing His Story: The Musical at the age of 16 while on a mission trip to Africa. A dyslexic, unable to read or write before 9 years old, Anna focused instead on the arts before writing her first songs at 15. Anna previously resided in Dallas and travels often doing research for writing projects, which include several new musicals.
Bruce Lazarus, Producer and Tony Award nominee. Broadway: Say Goodnight Gracie (Tony Award nomination - Best Play). Off-Broadway: Only Kidding, Shakespeare’s R&J. Bruce is the former Executive Director of Samuel French, the largest licensor of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays and musicals to the secondary market. He also has the distinction of serving as the original lead legal counsel for the most successful Broadway musical in history, Disney’s The Lion King, and the most successful Off-Broadway show in history, Blue Man Group.
Matthew Churchill, Tent Designer and Producer. Matthew Churchill is a producer of theatre and live events who is recognized for his pioneering work combining theatre and visual storytelling. He is currently the world’s only creative producer specializing in large scale tented theatre productions. He has conceived, funded, and realized a wide range of productions over the last 25 years – from touring shows to outdoor and site-specific events.
Freddie Anceschi, Tent Master. As a Tent Master, Freddie Anceschi is one of the few professionals in the world qualified to lead the raising of the world’s largest show tents. Freddie comes from the Anceschi family, famous for providing the custom steel for many of the largest and most famous circuses and tent structures, including The Broadway Tent at Grandscape. Freddie’s extensive career has seen him as the Tent Master for some of the world’s largest tent shows - including multiple tours with Cirque du Soleil and Cavalia.
INTERVIEWS:
To schedule a remote interview with a spokesperson from His Story: The Musical, please contact: Heidi McDow, heidi@alarryross.com
To ACCESS ARTWORK, ARTIST HEADSHOTS, PHOTOS & VIDEO (from the NYC workshop production), click here.
Footage from the tent raising is available upon request
About The Broadway Tent at Grandscape
The Broadway Tent is a new state-of-the-art performance venue developed and designed by the UK-based Matthew Churchill Productions Ltd. Featuring a tent concept originally developed for Peter Pan 360 - which originated in the UK, and played a brief stint in Downtown Dallas in 2015 - the venue rises to 110’ tall, with four large 150’ sloped masts that suspend the tent structure underneath. This unique design allows for unobstructed views from all seats. ‘
Thirteen 20,000 lumen projectors create fully immersive projection mapping which wraps around the audience on the interior ceiling. The venue seats over 1300 patrons, features red plush seats and carpeting, and is completely climate controlled - including powerful A/C for the summer months in Texas.
Additional bespoke Italian tent structures will be erected for Lobby, VIP and Backstage areas around the show tent, turning The Broadway Tent at Grandscape into a virtual “tent city”, covering 75,000 square feet and employing upwards of 150 local staff members to operate. Producers expect that 10,000+ patrons will attend the $7.5m new production of His Story: The Musical each week.
About His Story: The Musical
His Story: The Musical is a Broadway-style theatrical event, 2000 years in the making. In this new contemporary pop musical based on the life of Jesus, a common-man-from-an-obscure-family arrives in the big city and defies expectations. He performs miracles and speaks great wisdom but chooses friends from the dregs of society and hangs out in the wrong part of town. Mocked by the establishment, he is adored by the people. Melding a youthful voice with a timeless perspective, the greatest story ever told is brought into the third millennium, reminding us of the universal power of love and redemption.
His Story: The Musical features an original book music and lyrics by Anna Miriam Brown, and direction by two- time Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde). His Story is presented by Tony-nominated producer Bruce Lazarus, Willie and Korie Robertson (stars of “Duck Dynasty,” New York Times bestselling authors), Brad Reeves / Bill Noble, Thinking Tree LLC, Jill Wilkinson, Cooper Collins, Mike Collins, and Troy Duhon / Bob Katz in association with Matthew Churchill Productions Ltd.
The engagement launches May 5, 2023 at the new state-of-the-art Broadway Tent at Grandscape (5752 Grandscape Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056). Opening night is May 18. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com. For further information, visit HisStoryTheMuscial.com.
