January 12, 2003 An interview with
Michael Bush,
Michael Aman,
Joel Silberman,
and Marla Schaffel To find out more about this world premier production of Let Me Sing , please visit charlotterep.org or visit ArtSavant's feature on the subject: Let Me Sing We will surprise you. Come back soon to see how... After the Sunday preview show, we were able to meet with Michael Bush, Michael Aman, and Joel Silberman, the creators of Let Me Sing , as well as actress Marla Schaffel. Let Me Sing is about the evolution of American music and American attitudes, which began to coalesce at the beginning of the twentieth century. In a previous interview , youve explained the nascence of this play. Wed like to talk about how you three creators began to work on it once the idea was born. MB: The truth is, I had probably said it to two years of classes: that something was bubbling around in my brain, and it was either a book or a show. Michael (Aman) was taking my class. MA: I was getting a degree in dramaturgy at Brooklyn College. He said to me, after class one day, "I'm thinking of turning this into a musical about the history of musicals." I asked to work on it as a dramaturg, and do the research that I thought would be required. He said to put a list of songs that I thought would be in this show, and gave me another assignment to do Irving Berlin alone. MB: The first idea was that, if I just did the songs in a particular order, they would tell a story. So we were making that list of songs when Joel happened to call one day. | |
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