‘The Sound Of Music Live!’ Among Musicals Set For Indian TV Debuts – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: A number of the West Finish and Broadway’s largest productions are making their debuts on Indian TV.

Zee Theatre has secured agreements to carry The Sound of Music Dwell!, Hairspray Dwell!, Peter Pan Dwell! and Billy Elliot: The Musical to Indian pay-TV channel Tata Play Theatre.

The Sound of Music Dwell! will kick off a month of broadcasts on Might 29, with the stage diversifications following  over coming weeks.

Up to now, not one of the performs have aired on Indian TV screens.

Shailja Kejriwal, Chief Inventive Officer — Particular Initiatives, ZEEL (Zee Leisure Enterprises Restricted), mentioned the performs would resonate was “Indian audiences aren’t any stranger to musicals. Our cinema and theatrical traditions thrive on musicality and dance. Musicals are additionally an enormous a part of Broadway and West Finish and now we have curated some that may resonate probably the most with Indian audiences.”

He added The Sound of Music, Hairspray Dwell!, Peter Pan Dwell! and Billy Elliot: The Musical “are genre-defining tales that span coming-of-age dilemmas, love, self-discovery, and much more enthralling generations worldwide. These productions have a lot to advocate them and we’re thrilled to introduce them to households throughout India.”