Boston Globe
By Christopher Wallenberg
August 26, 2009
Near the end of the Broadway run of the Tony-winning musical “Passing Strange,’’ the man behind the show, the singer-songwriter Stew, was baffled to learn that there would be no filmed recording of a project that he and his creative team had spent five years making.
As the show’s lyricist, [...]

Movie Maker Magazine
by Eliza Chute
August 23, 2009
Starting August 26, viewing independent films gets easier, as Sundance jumps on the “on demand” bandwagon. The Sundance Channel, which is owned by Rainbow Media, just announced the launch of “Sundance Selects,” a VOD service that will allow viewers to watch selected independent films with the touch of a [...]

Newsday
by Linda Winer
August 21, 2009
‘Passing Strange” is forever on my short list of theater I’d see again right now if I could.
The musical, which won a barrel of awards in 2008 but not the big Tony, closed on Broadway last summer after five months. Despite the acclaim, it never reached the adventurous mainstream, multicultural [...]

Playbill.com
August 21, 2009
by Adam Hetrick
Spike Lee’s documentary of the Tony Award-winning musical Passing Strange rocks its way into the IFC Center in New York City Aug. 21.
Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee captured the musical live at the Belasco Theatre during its Broadway run on July 19, 2008, a day prior to the musical’s final performance. [...]

TheaterMania
by Patrick Lee
August 21, 2009
Director Spike Lee and co-creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald discuss the making of the film version of Broadway’s Passing Strange
Spike Lee, whose movie version of the musical Passing Strange opens theatrically on August 21, doesn’t remember why he first found himself at the Public Theater in the summer of 2007 to [...]

Welcome to Strange Facts, a place to learn things you may not have known about Passing Strange or the people involved in making it.  We’ll (try to) add interesting tib bits to keep you coming back to learn more.  For starters, do you know the main source of inspiration for Stew to write Passing Strange, beyond his own journey [...]

The musical was developed at the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in 2004 and 2005, one of the only works ever to be invited back for a second round of development.

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Opens in New York:  August 21, 2009
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