MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS
BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BY
NICO JUBER
DIRECTED BY KRISTIN HANGGI
MUSICAL DIRECTION, ARRANGEMENTS, AND ORCHESTRATIONS BY
ANTHONY LUCCA
CHOREOGRAPHED BY MICHELLE ELKIN
WORLD PREMIERE PRIOR TO NEW YORK
MAY 2–17
PREVIEWS ON APRIL 30 & MAY 1
Emma Hunton, star of the Hulu series Good Trouble (also Spring Awakening and Next to Normal on Broadway, Elphaba in Wicked National Tour) will play ‘Brenda,’ John Krause (Hadestown on Broadway, Wicked National Tour, Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl) will play ‘Nate’ and ‘Atlas,’ and Diana Huey(Disney’s The Little Mermaid) will play ‘Katrina’ in the world premiere production of Millennials Are Killing Musicals at The Colony Theatre in Burbank before the show heads to New York. The original musical comedy, with book, music, and lyrics by Nico Juber, will play a limited engagement from May 2–17 (previews on April 30 and May 1).
The production will be directed by Tony Award-nominee Kristin Hanggi, best known for the Broadway and global smash hit Rock of Ages. Anthony Lucca(Calvin Berger and The Civility of Albert Cashier at The Colony, King of Pangea) will serve as music director, arranger, and orchestrator, and Michelle Elkin (associate choreographer Wonderland on Broadway, The Wedding Singer at The Colony) will choreograph. Casting is by Michael Donovan, CSA, and Richie Ferris, CSA. Design team and additional casting news will be announced later.
With a contemporary pop-rock score, this entirely original musical comedy offers a fierce, funny look at identity in the age of social media. Brenda, a single millennial mom, just wants to do better “adulting” (like the seemingly perfect Jake’s mom at her daughter’s school), when her younger #influencer sister Katrina shows up eight months pregnant and totally unprepared for motherhood. The three women work to shed the Greek Chorus of social media filters on their lives to achieve their dreams.
Nico Juber (Book, Music, and Lyrics) is an award-winning musical writer named to the Women to Watch on Broadway list by the Broadway Women’s Fund. Millennials Are Killing Musicals has been supported by New York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series and mostlyNEWmusicals, has received an Off-Broadway developmental production with Out of the Box Theatrics, and had a workshop at IAMA Theatre Company last year. The Off-Broadway cast album was released on the Yellow Sound Label and Brainstorm Records. She is the co-writer of the musical Winner (with Joe Barros), which was developed by New York Theatre Barn, The London Summer Music Theatre Academy, The Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed, and UC San Diego ArtPower/Blindspot Collective, and recently premiered at Monroe Township High School. A concept EP was released this year on Theatre Barn Records. Her sci-fi short musical Holo won one of the top awards in the 2020 NAMT Challenge and premiered at the Beck Center for the Arts (with Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre). Other collaborations include the viral Smirnoff Smash Tea Partay (with Rocky Paterra); Our Next Act (with Selena Seballo), winning the Drama League’s Light the Lights Songwriting Challenge and writing commissioned songs for 54 Below, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Ring of Keys, and the play Stormé. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and Ring of Keys, and serves as Maestra Moms affinity group co-chair.
Tickets are available now at www.colonytheatre.org. The Colony is located at 555 N. Third Street (between Cypress and Magnolia) in Burbank, 91502. Free onsite parking is available.
