Raven Theatre’s hit production of Dave Malloy’s “Octet,” an a capella musical structured around eight-part vocal harmonies that tells the stories of the members of a technology addiction support group ...

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On paper, OCTET, Raven Theatre's first choice for a season musical, shouldn't work. Few of my friends could be convinced to come with me to see an entirely a capella revue about an Internet addiction ...

An a cappella musical about Internet addiction should not be one of the most engrossing pieces of theater staged in Chicago this year, yet Dave Malloy’s Octet defies expectation. His 2019 chamber ...

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The main cast for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s musical ‘Octet’ has been announced. According to an official press release, Jonathan Groff, Paul-Jordan Jansen, Gaten Matarazzo, ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda announced he will direct a film adaptation of 'Octet,' a musical that premiered Off-Broadway in 2019, back on April 2 Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE ...

Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler and Tramell Tillman are set to join the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upcoming movie musical “Octet.” Seyfried will play Jessica, Zegler will play Velma and Tillman is ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s next directorial project will be a film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s a cappella musical Octet – and casting has been confirmed. Malloy is adapting his book and score for the screen ...