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In retrospect, the entire idea of a Sufjan Stevens Broadway musical feels both far-fetched and inevitable. Last year, director/choreographer Justin Peck and playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, an adaptation of Stevens’ 2005 classic Illinois, opened in Chicago. Last month, Illinoise came to New York. It’s currently running at the St. James Theatre, and it’s nominated for four Tonys, including Best Musical. Now, there’s an original cast recording on the way, and we get to hear two of its songs.
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submitted by Nick Oct 25th 2010 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Sufjan Stevens opened his show with “Seven Swans,” then thanked the audience “… for letting me be dramatic, I am a drama queen.” After learning that Stevens went through a life-threatening illness while completing The Age Of Adz, it’s hard to accuse him of dramatics. But his L.A. show d...
Singer-songwriter explains that he was unable to work for 'several months'
Sufjan Stevens’s The Age Of Adz gave him his career’s best sales week yet. Billboard reports that it debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200. That’s 36,000 copies sold last week. This is good news for Sufjan and Asthmatic Kitty, especially after what seems like a very difficult year for Stevens:Exclaim magazine int...
submitted by Nick Oct 14th 2010 11:00 pm (www.nme.com)
Performance based on the singer-songwriter's work will take place on November 5 and 6
Sufjan Stevens makes songs the length of EPs, and EPs the length of albums, so after a few listens you realize it’s hard to get in a few listens of the nearly hour and a half long Age Of Adz. But is it worth the extra time and the extra money? Yes.This is one of [...]


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