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odgers and Hart. Rodgers and Hammerstein. Lerner and Loewe. Kander and Ebb. All are top duos in the history of American musical theater. One of today’s top teams: composer Tom Kitt and lyricist Brian Yorkey, winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Next to Normal, their musical about a woman with bipolar
disorder and its impact on her family. The two were more recently enlisted to do Disney Theatrical’s stage adaptation of Freaky Friday (premiering in October at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va.). But in 2014, they created If/Then, a star vehicle for powerhouse vocalist Idina Menzel (a Tony Award winner for Wicked and a Tony nominee as Maureen in Rent).
If/Then is the story of Elizabeth, a woman rebuilding her life in New York City, and discovering a world of possibilities. The show follows each of two paths she might choose — love or career. Jackie Burns and Matthew Hydzik (center) play the central romantic couple. Anthony Rapp (far right) reprises his Broadway turn as her pal Lucas.
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