A filmed version of the critically lauded Off Broadway production Trevor: The Musical will debut exclusively on Disney+ Friday, June 24.
Produced by RadicalMedia, Trevor: The Musical follows 13-year-old Trevor (winningly played by newcomer Holden William Hagelberger) as he navigates a “turbulent journey of self-discovery.” The musical is based on the 1995 Academy Award-winning short film Trevor written by Celeste Lecesne and directed by Peggy Rajski, which inspired the nonprofit organization The Trevor Project, now the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ young people.
The musical had its world premiere at The Writers Theatre in Chicago, and made its Off Broadway debut last November. The filmed version features the original Off Broadway cast: In addition to Hagelberger, the musical stars Mark Aguirre, Aaron Alcaraz, Ava Briglia, Sammy Dell, Tyler Joseph Gay, Ellie Kim, Colin Konstanty, Brigg Liberman, Diego Lucano, Alyssa Emily Marvin, Isabel Medina, Echo Deva Picone,...
Produced by RadicalMedia, Trevor: The Musical follows 13-year-old Trevor (winningly played by newcomer Holden William Hagelberger) as he navigates a “turbulent journey of self-discovery.” The musical is based on the 1995 Academy Award-winning short film Trevor written by Celeste Lecesne and directed by Peggy Rajski, which inspired the nonprofit organization The Trevor Project, now the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ young people.
The musical had its world premiere at The Writers Theatre in Chicago, and made its Off Broadway debut last November. The filmed version features the original Off Broadway cast: In addition to Hagelberger, the musical stars Mark Aguirre, Aaron Alcaraz, Ava Briglia, Sammy Dell, Tyler Joseph Gay, Ellie Kim, Colin Konstanty, Brigg Liberman, Diego Lucano, Alyssa Emily Marvin, Isabel Medina, Echo Deva Picone,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Trevor The Musical” Off Broadway Review: Stage Adaptation Gives Joyous Voice To Oscar-Winning Short
How do these Trevors make it look so easy? Each one – Trevor: The Musical, and its lead character Trevor: The Boy – carries a burden that could sink a more fragile theatrical creation, doom a less buoyant performance. But these Trevors persevere, and through sheer pluck, likability and smarts win over anything and anyone within the sound of their irresistible voices.
Opening tonight at Stage 42, the Off Broadway venue on Manhattan’s Theater Row, Trevor: The Musical is based on – and much expanded from – the Oscar-winning 1994 short film Trevor. Both tell the story of a 13-year-old boy whose unabashed flamboyance, Diana Ross obsession and slowly building crush on his jocky classmate suggest a development even Trevor only gradually sees forming: He’s gay, and it’s 1981, and the parents and classmates who once saw an outgoing, quirky little kid are starting to see something they don’t understand and, for some,...
Opening tonight at Stage 42, the Off Broadway venue on Manhattan’s Theater Row, Trevor: The Musical is based on – and much expanded from – the Oscar-winning 1994 short film Trevor. Both tell the story of a 13-year-old boy whose unabashed flamboyance, Diana Ross obsession and slowly building crush on his jocky classmate suggest a development even Trevor only gradually sees forming: He’s gay, and it’s 1981, and the parents and classmates who once saw an outgoing, quirky little kid are starting to see something they don’t understand and, for some,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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