Unorthodox
April 29 - May 30, 2027
Based on the best-selling memoir written by Deborah Feldman
Book by Joshua Harmon (Prayer for the French Republic, Bad Jews)
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek (Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land) and Shaina Taub (Suffs)
Directed by Jordan Fein (Into the Woods at London’s Bridge Theatre)
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Synopsis:
WORLD PREMIERE
Three Broadway icons unite for the first time to create this stunning new musical: composer Benj Pasek (EGOT winner, Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, Only Murders in the Building); composer Shaina Taub (two-time Tony winner for Suffs); and playwright Joshua Harmon (Tony nominated for Prayer for the French Republic).
Deep in the heart of Brooklyn, Devoiri, just seventeen, enters an arranged marriage in the Hasidic Satmar community. Sixty years earlier, her grandmother Fraida arrives in America at roughly the same age, alone, to begin a new life. In parallel journeys, one woman decides to join this devout world, while another awakens to the realization that she wants to try and leave. Based on the best-selling memoir, Unorthodox is an intimate and emotionally resonant new musical about the impossible choices we face trying to do what is right for our children – and ourselves.
Joshua Harmon
Playwright
Joshua Harmon
Joshua Harmon (he/him) The Huntington: We Had a World, Prayer for the French Republic. His plays include We Had a World, Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions, Skintight, and Prayer for the French Republic, which was nominated for Best Play at the 2024 Tony Awards.
Benj Pasek
Composer
Benj Pasek
Benj Pasek is an Oscar and multi-Grammy, Tony and Emmy-winning songwriter and producer. Theater credits include Dear Evan Hansen, A Christmas Story, Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach. Film/TV credits include La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Only Murders in the Building, Spirited, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, Trolls, and Smash.
Shaina Taub
Composer
Shaina Taub
Shaina Taub is a songwriter/performer whose honors include two Tony Awards, an Obie Award, and nominations for a Grammy and an Emmy. An artist-in-residence at the Public Theater, she created and performed in Broadway’s Suffs (now touring nationally) and Public Works’ Twelfth Night and As You Like It. As an Atlantic Records recording artist, her honors include the ASCAP Richard Rodgers Award, Kleban Prize, and Jonathan Larson Grant. She currently plays Emma Goldman in Ragtime on Broadway
Jordan Fein
Director
Jordan Fein
Jordan Fein is a New York and London based theatre and opera director.
His work has been produced and developed at The Bridge, The Barbican, Regents Park Open Air, The Public Theater, The Young Vic, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, The Bushwick Starr, Dixon Place, Curtis Opera Theatre, Opera Philadelphia, Here Arts Center, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Joe’s Pub, A.R.T. Philly Fringe Arts, Bard College & Incubator Arts Project.
From Artistic Director Loretta Greco:
“Every once in a blue moon, a true theatrical event comes along. And if you’re especially lucky, it also marks the birth of something thrilling, meaningful, and true. The joining of musical theater visionaries Benj Pasek and Shaina Taub with one of our great living playwrights, Joshua Harmon, collaborating for the first time together to create a musical adaptation of Unorthodox is one such moment. What they’ve crafted is an urgent, intimate, and soul-stirring story of two women discovering who they are and what world they want to forge for their children. I have no doubt this extraordinary new musical will resonate far beyond our walls, and you’ll be able to say you experienced it here first.”
From Playwright Joshua Harmon and Composers Benj Pasek and Shaina Taub:
“We are close friends who had been searching for something to write together. When we discovered this story, we knew it was the one we wanted to tell, as it’s full of complex characters in extraordinary circumstances making impossible choices. Collaborating on this show has been a genuine joy, we are grateful to The Huntington for the chance to see it realized, and eager to share it with audiences!”
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