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"Hell's Kitchen" opens on Broadway 4/20: An interview with book writer Kristoffer Diaz

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Sarah LaDuke and Kristoffer Diaz
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Sarah LaDuke and Kristoffer Diaz

Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys and Pulitzer Prize-finalist playwright Kristoffer Diaz, along with Tony nominated director Michael Greif and Tony nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown bring their collective talents to the exhilarating new coming-of-age Broadway musical: "Hell's Kitchen."

Keys, who both reworked some of her previously recorded songs and wrote new tracks for the show, teamed up with writer Kristoffer Diaz to create the musical — and they've been working to bring it to Broadway for over a decade. It’s currently in previews at The Schubert Theatre, opening on April 20, after a sold-out and extended-run at The Public Theatre off-Broadway last fall into early this year.

Kristoffer Diaz is a playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and educator. His play, "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. As a screenwriter, Kristoffer has developed original television pilots for HBO and FX, written for the first season of Netflix's "Glow," and adapted the musical "Rent" for FOX. Kristoffer teaches playwriting at New York University - working with students in both Tish and Gallatin.

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Sarah has worked in radio since she graduated from college in 2006. In her work with WAMC, she often interviews regional and global artists in all fields including music, theatre, film, television, and visual arts. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.
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