{"id":596901,"date":"2026-08-26T20:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/596901\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:34:08","slug":"danish-girl-musical-to-receive-public-concert-performance-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/596901\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Girl Musical to Receive Public Concert Performance This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York audiences can get a first look at\u00a0The Danish Girl\u00a0musical this fall. The new musical is based on the\u00a0David Ebershoff novel (which was adapted into a 2015 film starring Eddie Redmayne).\u00a0The Danish Girl will receive a concert presentation at\u00a0Lincoln Center\u2019s David Rubenstein Atrium November 20 to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance, produced by\u00a0Breaking the Binary Theatre.<\/p>\n

Ebershoff’s 2000 novel tells the true story of Lili Elbe, a trans artist and one of the first to undergo gender affirmation surgery. The new musical features a book and lyrics by Nora Brigid Monahan, a score by Alex Parker, and direction by Georgie Rankcom. The production, which held its first private workshop earlier this year, is being developed by Breaking the Binary leader George\u00a0Strus\u2019 commercial producing venture, Benson Drive Productions<\/a>. Casting will be announced at a later date. All tickets are complimentary and general admission. For more information, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The company also announced that\u00a0the\u00a0fifth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival will take place October 5\u201311 at The Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space. The Festival, which will continue the company\u2019s mission of producing work created and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists, will announce full programming in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Following the festival,\u00a0George Strus<\/a> will step down from leading Breaking the Binary, the company they founded,\u00a0in December.\u00a0New leadership\u00a0and succession plans will be
\nannounced later this year.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Strus said, \u201cIt is with profound gratitude that I am
\nstepping down as Artistic Director of Breaking the Binary Theatre in
\nDecember of this year. For the past five years, it has been the honor of
\n my lifetime building this organization from the ground up with
\nthousands of artists, supporters, and audience members. From the very
\nbeginning, I felt a space like BTB was necessary, not only for the
\ntransgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) community, but also
\nfor the theatrical ecosystem at large; in my wildest dreams, I could
\nnever have imagined how deeply life-changing and life-saving the work
\nwould be, not only for me but also for hundreds of other TNB2S+
\ntheatermakers. From our launch\u2013BTB\u2019s inaugural Festival in 2022\u2013through
\nthe end of my tenure, I am overjoyed to say that Breaking the Binary
\nTheatre will have paid out over $1,000,000 to over 600 TNB2S+ artists. I
\n am so incredibly proud of what the BTB community has built and I am
\nforever grateful to every collaborator who helped shape the
\norganization\u2019s body of work and impact. As I depart, it brings me great
\nsolace to know that Breaking the Binary Theatre\u2019s crucial work will
\ncontinue, and I look forward to passing the
\n torch and watching with great excitement as BTB enters its next chapter
\n and continues to create space for TNB2S+ artists to tell their stories,
\n share their artistry, and shape the future of our theatrical industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Launched in July 2022 and founded and led by Strus, Breaking the
\nBinary Theatre is a new work development and community building hub
\nwherein transgender, non-binary,
\n and Two-Spirit+ artists come together to reclaim their artistic
\n license and liberty through a number of initiatives and programs.<\/p>\n

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