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Peter Thiel-Backed Company Stages a Broadway Musical
Original: A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went—and Was Stunned by What I Saw.
A company backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel has produced a Broadway musical, and a Slate reviewer who attended says the show left them stunned. The piece describes an unusual collision between Silicon Valley money and commercial theater, with the writer's reaction to what unfolded on stage drawing attention to the production's ambitions and message.
Why now: The novelty of Thiel-linked tech money entering Broadway has drawn curiosity about what the show actually delivers.
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- A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went—and Was Stunned by What I Saw. · Slate
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