I Interview Playwrights Part 237: David Holstein

David Holstein

Hometown: New York

Current Town: Los Angeles

Q;  Tell me about your show in Chicago.

A:  About a year and half ago Chicago Shakespeare commissioned my good friend (and brilliant composer) Alan Schmuckler and I to write a musical for their summer family series. We decided to take on a readaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes. In the original fable, there's this kid at the end who's the only one who sees the Emperor for who he is (really naked). So we thought it would be sort of fun...