Overview
- Producers announced that The Conversation, with music and lyrics by Joshua Henry and Julia Harriman and a book by Nick Green, will premiere at the Astor Place Theatre with previews starting Nov. 17 and an official opening on Dec. 7.
- Tony-winning director Kenny Leon is attached to direct and Mandy Hackett and Jenny Steingart are producing, with Baseline Theatrical handling general management.
- Henry will play Marcus and Harriman will play Elle in a story that traces a long-term relationship from first dates to move-ins and the gradual build-up of things left unsaid.
- Henry and Harriman developed the material while on the first national tour of Hamilton and through backstage songwriting and social-media performances that evolved into a full musical.
- The project highlights a performer-led creation model and gives both artists a platform to present a pop, soul and R&B-inflected score while testing new material in an Off-Broadway run.