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It was created by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning lyricist and librettist Mark Campbell with 18 composers: Debra Barsha, Mark Bennett, Peter Foley, Jenny Giering, Peter Golub, Jake Heggie, Stephen Hoffman, Lance Horne, Gihieh Lee, Steven Lutvak, Steve Marzullo, Brendan Milburn, Chris Miller, Greg Pliska, Duncan Sheik, Kim D. Sherman, Jeffrey Stock and Joseph Thalken.\n\nWong and Schnorr, who were married in 2018, created the videos in their New York City apartment as they lived in self-quarantine. Wong stars; Schnorr filmed and edited the videos.\n\nSpecial guest hosts for the stream are Awkwafina, John Lithgow, John Cameron Mitchell, Billy Porter and Keala Settle, with featured appearances by Maulik Pancholy and Bowen Yang. The stream also will include Aaron Albano, Mike Bulatao, Grant Chang, Marc delaCruz, Daniel K. Isaac, Kennedy Kanagawa, Darren Lee, Raymond J. Lee, Telly Leung, Jose Llana, Orville Mendoza, Jeffrey Omura, Matt Rogers, James Seol, Hansel Tan and Alex Wong. Renowned cellist Dave Eggar also appears.\n\nI heard this song cycle in my head back in March when we started isolating, Wong said. Its from the point of view of a gay New Yorker ruminating about his romantic past and seeking connection, and it has a parallel vibe to what were experiencing now. I wanted to make a film. I was in such a creativity drought and then I realized I was married to a videographer! When I introduced Richert to Songs from an Unmade Bed, he lit up. As we exercise the communication and give-and-take that collaborating with your partner requires, we notice it actually personifies our marriage vows. Were sure Songs from an Unmade Bed will remind people everywhere of our own scrappy resilience and leave them with hope that everything will be OK, cause thats what it did for us.\n\nWong and Schnorr set up a makeshift recording studio in their living room. All props and costumes are their own and reflect the adaptive skills all New Yorkers have had to exercise during the pandemic.\n\nThey enlisted music director Wayne Barker in San Francisco and recording engineer Jim Morgan in New York to help with the production of the musical score. Musicians David Michael Garry, Orville Mendoza, Dave Philips, Joshua Samuels and Doug Vannoni all contributed to the score from their respective home studios.\n\nThe brilliant quarantined creativity that BD and Richert have brought to each of these fabulous song stories is unique, delightful and incredibly thoughtful, Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola said. Marks lyrics and the work of the 18 composers are as resonant today as when Songs from an Unmade Bed was first performed 15 years ago. Were honored theyve chosen to reimagine this work to benefit their colleagues in the theater and entertainment industries who are facing illness and financial challenges during this pandemic and unprecedented work shutdown.\n\nCampbell said: The contributions of director David Schweizer, performer Michael Winther and music director Kimberly Grigsby to the success of the original production of Songs from an Unmade Bed at NYTW in 2005 cannot be overstated. Their interpretation of the work was a model of spare elegance and subtlety and demonstrated a trust in the power of words, music and singer to tell a story. When BD Wong contacted me last spring to revisit the show during quarantine, I couldnt have been happier. 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