NEW ARTS DOCu PODCAST FROM AWARD WINNING CREATIVE TEAM

It’s 2018.

Australian writer/entertainer Bradley McCaw has travelled half way round the world to New York City in search of answers.

Ten years into the development of his first musical BECOMING BILL, Bradley is losing hope. No one seems to care about his new special project or the endless hours he is spending trying to perfect it’s music and story.

He is out of money. Out of options. Something snaps and he boards a flight to the big apple as a last resort.

Perhaps he was the problem? Perhaps it was the small town he was living in that prohibited his dreams from taking shape? How would he ever understand what he was missing?

Standing in stall the plane’s bathroom he hatches a plan… to steal broadways secrets.To understand why this is all so hard. Why Broadway makes musicals better than anybody else. But he only has ten days.

Spread across three acts, the 24 episode series weaves together McCaw’s journey as he searches NYC for expert interviews speaking with leading writers, directors, Producers, Tony Award winners and people on the street! With interviews from Adam Guettel, John Bucchino, Playbill, Sardi’s Restaurant and many many more. For internationals, it takes them to a place most can only dream of visiting, and for locals and traditionalists, it brings a new history to a story as old as the form itself.

After six years of development this documentary podcast series is finally preparing to be released and destined to become a cult classic.

At the time of recording, Broadway's 2017 box office was surpassing $1.5 billion for the first time (Hollywood Reporter) and Award-winning film phenomena like Frozen, Greatest Showman, and La La Land - the world is rushing to seats around the globe to raise it's jazz hands and sing 'How do we solve a problem like Maria!?’ Yet at a closer glance only 5% of the shows created are responsible for the high grossing revenue - the remainder close early, out of town or in the case for most original musicals in Australia, wander aimlessly through the Outback desert waiting to be discovered. The early composers almost single-handedly opened the door for tin pan alley and the evolution of popular music. It’s responsible for giving us household names like Bette. Audra. Patti. Mandy. Sondheim. Lloyd-Webber. What can artists do today to find similar success and how has the industry changed? In this exploration of The Great American Art Form, BRADLEY MCCAW (Award-winning writer/performer/ lecturer) travels to New York City to ask Industry greats first hand - what does it actually take to make a great musical.