‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’: How Two Brits Turned a Love Letter to the Big Apple Into an Unlikely Broadway Hit

What happened

According to Variety’s report, ‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’: How Two Brits Turned a Love Letter to the Big Apple Into an Unlikely Broadway Hit, Jim Barne and Kit Buchan were terrified of being outed as frauds. After all, they were two very British writers creating a very New York musical. And they’d only ever been to the Big Apple as tourists. Turns out, they needn’t worry about appearing as outsiders. Their deep admiration of and fascination with the city […]

Context

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What to watch

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Source

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