BSR_S09E23 - SMALL BALL - PTC
Today on the podcast:
Jordan Dobson and Adam Chandler-Berat stop by to talk about the East Coast Premiere of SMALL BALL, a surreal, magical, musical about basketball and teammates only six inches tall? On stage at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Here is my interview with Jordan and Adam for SMALL BALL.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Book and Lyrics by Mickle Maher
Music by Merel van Dijk and Anthony Barilla
Directed by Taibi Magar & Tyler Dobrowsky
Commissioned and Co-Produced by
Daryl Morey, Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations
Philadelphia loves sports, so why not a sports-themed musical? Step into the surreal, magical world of Small Ball, where melancholy journeyman basketball player Michael Jordan (no, not that Michael Jordan) has recently started playing in the international league with the Lilliput Existers – as in Lilliput, from Gulliver’s Travels. With teammates who are only six inches tall, the team’s fortunes, and the post-game press conferences, rest on Michael’s shoulders. Small Ball is an off -beat musical delight, commissioned and co-produced by Daryl Morey, President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers. Directed by Co-Artistic Directors Taibi Magar and Tyler Dobrowsky. An East Coast Premiere.
Content Advisory: Small Ball contains strong language, adult themes, and surreal humor. Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Adam Chandler-Berat - PIPPIN
PTC: Debut. Broadway: Next to Normal (original cast); Peter and the Starcatcher (original cast); Amélie (original cast); Saint Joan (revival). Off-Broadway: The Jonathan Larson Project; I Can Get It for You Wholesale; Assassins; The Fortress of Solitude (Lortel Award nomination); Rent; Fly by Night; How to Load a Musket; Nantucket Sleigh Ride; Zorba; Titanic. Regional: A New Brain, Barrington Stage Company; Sunday in the Park with George, Huntington Theatre Company; The Year to Come, La Jolla Playhouse. Film: Delivery Man. TV: Gossip Girl (HBO Max); Veep; Elementary; The Good Wife; Doubt; The Code; NCIS: New Orleans; Soundtrack.
JORDAN DOBSON, MICHAEL JORDON
PTC: Night Side Songs. Broadway: Bad Cinderella (Prince Sebastian, OBC); Hadestown (Orpheus); A Beautiful Noise (Shilo, OBC); West Side Story (Tony, dir. Ivo van Hove). Tour: Rent (Angel), Japan Tour. Regional: Hair, Signature Theatre and Two River Theater; Austen’s Pride, Into the Woods, ACT of Connecticut; The Wanderer, Paper Mill Playhouse; Cabaret, Gypsy, Arden Theatre Company; The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon. Film: Maestro (William), dir. Bradley Cooper; Closing Night (Jericho). More: @jordandobson_.
