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Viewing cable 07RIGA371, BROADWAY IN RIGA - A PUBLIC DILPOMACY SMASH!

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07RIGA371 2007-05-21 04:34 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Riga
VZCZCXRO0854
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHRA #0371 1410434
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 210434Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY RIGA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4027
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS RIGA 000371 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: SCUL KPAO PREL LG
SUBJECT: BROADWAY IN RIGA - A PUBLIC DILPOMACY SMASH! 
 
1. SUMMARY: BROADWAY COMPOSER AND LYRICIST STEPHEN SCHWARTZ VISITED 
RIGA MAY 7-11, 2007, TO PROMOTE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER AS A 
UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART FORM. SCHWARTZ WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TONY AWARD 
WINNING ACTRESS DEBBIE GRAVITTE AND BROADWAY PERFORMER SCOTT 
COULTER, WHO TAUGHT A SERIES OF MASTER CLASSES TO LATVIAN ACTORS ON 
THE TECHNIQUES OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL.  THE CULMINATION OF THEIR 
VISIT WAS TWO CONCERTS OF SCHWARTZ'S GREATEST SONGS SUNG BY THE 
GROUP OF VETERAN BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMERS. THE VISIT 
ATTRACTED PRESS ATTENTION AND WAS A HUGE BOOST TO OUR PUBLIC 
DIPLOMACY EFFORTS.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 7-11, 2007, RENOWNED BROADWAY COMPOSER AND 
LYRICIST STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, TONY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS DEBBIE 
GRAVITTE, AND BROADWAY PERFORMER SCOTT COULTER WERE IN RIGA TO 
PROMOTE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER AS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART FORM. 
SCHWARTZ LED A SERIES OF MASTER CLASSES WITH LATVIAN MUSICAL THEATER 
PERFORMERS DESIGNED TO TRAIN LATVIAN ACTORS IN THE TECHNIQUES OF 
BROADWAY MUSICALS.  ALTHOUGH MUSICALS ARE PRODUCED FREQUENTLY IN 
LATVIA, THE COUNTRY DOES NOT HAVE AMERICAN-STYLE MUSICALS IN THE 
THEATERS' REPERTOIRE.  ONE OF THE MAIN BARRIERS FOR STAGING AMERICAN 
MUSICALS IS THE LATVIAN ACTORS' INSUFFICIENT VOCAL AND DANCE SKILLS 
NECESSARY TO PRODUCE THE LARGE BROADWAY STYLE MUSICALS. IN ADDITION, 
LATVIAN THEATERS LACK THE DIRECTORS, CHOREOGRAPHERS AND PRODUCERS 
NECESSARY TO STAGE AMERICAN MUSICALS. 
 
3. SCHWARTZ, GRAVITTE, AND COULTER ALSO CONDUCTED A PANEL DISCUSSION 
WITH PERFORMERS FROM SEVERAL LATVIAN THEATERS ABOUT THEIR 
BACKGROUNDS, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCES IN US MUSICAL THEATER. 
LATVIAN THEATER STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ASK THE AMERICAN ACTORS 
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY LEARNED THE ART OF PERFORMING IN MUSICAL 
THEATER. 
 
4. THE CULMINATION OF THE WEEK WAS TWO CONCERTS OF SCHWARTZ'S 
GREATEST SONGS PERFORMED BY THE THREE VETERAN BROADWAY PERFORMERS 
EACH WITH AN AUDIENCE OF 1000 PEOPLE. ONE CONCERT WAS ATTENDED BY 
LATVIAN PRIME MINISTER AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, 
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, RIGA'S MAYOR AS WELL AS LATVIA'S CULTURAL AND 
SOCIAL LEADERS.  PRIOR TO THE CONCERTS AMBASSADOR CATHERINE TODD 
BAILEY GAVE WELCOMING REMARKS WITH THE LATVIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE 
THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN LATVIA AND 
THE US AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE CULTURAL EXCHANGES HAVE IN ENHANCING 
BILATERAL RELATIONS. 
 
5. THE PROJECT WAS INSPIRED BY AMBASSADOR BAILEY, AND THE AMBASSADOR 
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MANAGING THE OUTREACH DURING SCHWARTZ'S VISIT. 
AMBASSADOR BAILEY HOSTED A LUNCHEON IN HONOR OR MR. AND MRS. 
SCHWARTZ IN THE LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADERS 
IN THE OPERA COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR AWARENESS OF US MUSICAL 
THEATRE. 
 
6. THE TRIP WAS ARRANGED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, 
AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP), THE ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR 
COLLECTING ROYALTIES FOR ON BEHALF OF ALL U.S. MUSICAL ARTISTS, 
THROUGH THEIR THEATER EDUCATION PROGRAM.  ASCAP FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR KAREN SHERRY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE TRIP. 
 
7. THE TRIP WAS EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED, GARNERING LARGE PRESS AND 
MEDIA ATTENTION IN ALL MEDIA FROM MAINSTREAM TV NEWS TO SOCIETY 
FOCUSED TABLOIDS.  LATVIANS ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR CULTURE AND 
BRINGING THIS UNIQUE ASPECT OF AMERICAN CULTURE, BROADWAY THEATRE, 
TO RIGA GAVE MANY LATVIANS A PERSONAL SENSE OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR 
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.  SCHWARTZ AND TEAM WERE GENUINELY IMPRESSED 
WITH THE EXCEPTIONALLY WARM WELCOME THEY RECEIVED FROM THE LATVIAN 
PEOPLE, AND THE VISIT WAS A HUGE EVENT IN OUR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
OUTREACH.