Peaceful Schools Productions On Demand presents Weird! The Musical now streaming for schools! PS Productions is proud to announce its first ever VIRTUAL Arts-in-Education series for the 2020-2021 academic year. Due to the on-going health crisis in our world, we understand the hardships that educators are facing this academic year. And while the COVID-19 pandemic does not allow for us to tour to schools, we are thrilled to be bringing our productions straight to you and your students…virtually. Weird! The Musical, based on the books in The Weird! Series (Weird!, Tough!, and Dare!) by Erin Frankel and Paula Heaphy, is …Read More
By Broadway World News Desk | Posted January 6, 2021 Congrats to the writing team of Weird! The Musical for winning Best Original Script of the Decade for CNY Regional BroadwayWorld’s 2020 Awards. The 2020 Broadway World Central New York Awards – which were back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade! The public submitted the nominees and voted for their favorites. The 2020 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards are presented by TodayTix. Community theatre productions, student productions, and college productions were all included! Eligibility was for productions which opened between 2011 and September 30th, 2020. Voting …Read More
WEIRD! THE MUSICAL IN CONCERT – MARCH 22, 2020 Join us at Feinstein’s/54 Below for a joyous evening featuring the music of Weird The Musical! Enjoy a fun-filled concert version of the show based on the popular books, The Weird Series, which tells one story of bullying from three different perspectives, one who is being bullied, a bystander, and the one using bullying behavior. Created to perform for young audiences, families and kids will enjoy seeing the pages of the books come to life on stage with Luisa, Sam, Jayla, and their friends learning where their power comes from and how to use …Read More
Congratulations to our First Official Touring Cast for receiving 5 Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Awards nominations in the Regional Theater category. Weird! was honored for Best Musical, Best Director nom for Shawn Forster, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical nom for Riley Mahan, Best Musical Director nom for Roy George and the whole cast for Best Ensemble in a Musical. https://familytimescny.com/2019/10/17/nominees-for-2019-salt-awards-revealed/
Weird! The Musical: Studio Cast Recording will be released on June 11th right here on WeirdTheMusical.com featuring Natalie Weiss (Wicked & Les Miserables) as Luisa’s Mom. Natalie gained an international following from her popular YouTube web series, Breaking Down The Riffs. In the role of Mr. C we have three-time GRAMMY® nominated vocalist Jody McBrayer from Christian pop groups Cana’s Voice and Avalon. The original cast album will also feature Josh Batstone as Thomas. Josh appeared on Season 8 of “The Voice” as a contestant for Adam Levine’s Team and was the lead on Peaceful Schools Productions’ “Have You Filled A Bucket Today? The …Read More
Check out the Original Cast of WEIRD! The Musical in the studio debuting a new song from the show!
We have received wonderful feedback from the First Official Touring Production of Weird! The Musical. Take a look what Syracuse, NY area school staff are saying about our show. “Such a well-written musical with a great message. Our students were highly engaged, some even moved to tears!!! The actors were amazing and you can tell they really believe in what they are performing.” – Administrator, Webster Elementary “OUTSTANDING!!! The performances, character development, representation was spot on! The musical style of this show made it engaging for the kids in terms of pace and attention capturing. Set was excellent! Message was …Read More
It’s time to debut another new song – CHECK OUT our new MUSIC VIDEO and hear writers Shawn Forster and Dani Ryan sing “Enough is Enough” from WEIRD! The Musical!!
WEIRD! The Musical is getting ready to launch. Here is a First Listen to a sample of 5 songs from the show with Storyboard. These are demo versions featuring one of the writers, Shawn Forster, on vocals.
WEIRD! The Musical is getting ready to launch. Here is the First Listen of “Morning Routine” with Storyboard. This is a demo version featuring one of the writers, Shawn Forster on vocals.
