Stereophonic, about a harmonizing 1970s rock group putting together an album while navigating their internal frustrations, rivalries, and affections.
A patchwork of pure beauty, the play zeroes in on the minutiae involved in a bunch of potential superstars getting together to do a job that may be bigger than all of them.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.I met Adjmi at the New Dramatists lunch at the Marriott Marquis honoring Michael Greif (the very busy Rent and Dear Evan Hansen director who this season alone had his name on Hell’s Kitchen, The Notebook and Days of Wine and Roses).
I asked the playwright—a supernova himself–how he’s holding up, what with all the figurative bouquets he’s had to catch with his teeth lately. “I’m intimidated by everything,” Adjmi admitted. “This has been very overwhelming.
It’s insane. I’m disconnected all the time.” So, wait–there’s no joy in having written the most lauded play of the year? “I feel joy,” he said, “but it’s more cerebral.