Ep324 – Rick & Jeff Kuperman: It Always Starts With The Rumble

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Rick and Jeff Kuperman talk about their roles as choreographers for the Broadway production of The Outsiders diving deep into various aspects of the show s creation from choreography and staging to its technical elements like sound and lighting The two share how their collaboration with Danya Taymor began their non-traditional theatre practices and the story behind The Outsiders choreography particularly the rumble scene Apart from theatre and directing Rick and Jeff share their other interests such as Jeff s appreciation for Russian literature and Rick s fascination with philosophical introspection With their success the two reflect on the role of luck and how things aligned for them the pride they take in their work and the collaborative aspect of their job highlighting the importance of teamwork creativity and dedication to storytelling Rick and Jeff Kuperman is a directing and choreographing team with many projects that you ve seen on stage and screen Their recent highlights include co-directing and choreographing the immersive show from the producers of Sleep No More choreographing a new musical adaptation of The Outsiders which just opened and choreographing Alice by Heart which won the Lucille Lortel Award the Chita Rivera Award and the Callaway Award for Outstanding Choreography They ve also worked on Cyrano with Peter Dinklage Phish at Madison Square Garden and choreographed the feature film Dicks The Musical which you can find streaming online Other camera work includes Living With Yourself with Paul Rudd and Silent Retreat Connect with Rick and Jeff Website kupermanbrothers com Instagram kupermanbrothers Connect with The Theatre Podcast Support the podcast on Patreon Patreon com TheTheatrePodcast YouTube YouTube com TheTheatrePodcast Threads Twitter Instagram theatre podcast TikTok thetheatrepodcast Facebook com OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast com My personal Instagram alanseales Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoicesClick here to visit this podcast episode

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