HIGHLIGHT REEL
SYNOPSIS
FLY MORE THAN YOU FALL introduces a young girl, Malia, who deals with the tragic news of her mother’s diagnosis in the only way she knows how – through her writing. Malia crafts a tale of a young bird with broken wings who embarks on the journey of a lifetime, continually weaving in and out of Malia’s real-life struggles to navigate grief, puberty and growing up in the middle of nowhere.
A new musical HEADED for Broadway with an out-of-town run before!
REVIEWS
“. . .so why does the New York-based creative team behind “Fly More Than You Fall” — an original musical about a 14-year-old girl cop- ing with the tragic news of her mother’s cancer diagnosis — believe the musical stands a chance on Broadway? “I don’t know a single other story (on Broadway) that’s dealt with a child losing a parent, or for that matter, grief,” Holmes said. “It’s a topic most musicals shy away from... Something that should be talked about more.”
“A musical theatre experience most usually takes one to soar- ing heights of happiness and laughs; Fly More Than You Fall, however, takes its audience on a journey through a full range of emotions. Fly More Than You Fall is real, fresh, inspir- ing, and fit to be a Broadway production. I do not often give standing ovations, but Fly More Than You Fall most definitely landed me on my feet.”
“It isn’t often that a new work enters into a competitive the- atre market and nearly sweeps the awards. FLY MORE THAN YOU FALL took home nine out of ten BroadwayWorld award categories: Best Musical, Best Original/New Work, Best Music Direction (Nat Zegree), Best Direction (Jeff Whiting), Best Sce- nic Design (Ann Beyersdorfer), Best Lighting Design ( Keith A. Truax), Best Costume Design (Heather McDevitt Barton), Best Choreography (Jeff Whiting), Best Actress (Autumn Best)”
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