Some musicals have all the luck...and them some do not. Minsky's is one that does not. It would take thirty plus years for this cult classic to make its way from the big screen to the big stage and in between it would have three different lyricists, two different directors, two choreographers, but it would always have the same composer: Charles Strouse. Why was he so determined to get this movie to Broadway? Well, what happened was....We are going to let two time Tony Award winning director Casey Nicholaw give you an insider's look at what should've been the next Drowsy Chaperone: Minsky's! BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Matthew Fairlee as Morton Minsky Cole Winston as Bob Boyett Brian Michael Henry as Charles Strouse Caleb Funk as Kevin McCollum Michael McDonald as The New York Times Critic Matt Koplik as The Variety Critic If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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