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At First Sight | A 'January Sun' Directing Analysis

“Do I seem different?” — If you have to ask the question out loud, the answer is most likely yes. But then it takes another look in the...

Sol Searching | A 'January Sun' Lyrical Analysis

“Sometimes life is just the things you don't now and the things you thought you knew.” You are at the beginning, Act 1 Scene 3. Listen to...

Living Paradox | A 'January Sun' Experiential Analysis

What is your least favourite feeling? Normally, one would go about avoiding sadness in their daily lives like a natural reflex. But with...

Brunch Talks: How Music Tells Its Stories

Musicals present more music than dialogue, and carry less words than theatrical plays (song lyrics included). Therefore, it’s not always...

Behind The Curtain: Familiar Strangers

“I don’t think any creatives could get away with not writing a part of themselves into their pieces.” — Liti Nguyen, Music Director And...

Town of Parallels | A 'January Sun' Lyrical Analysis

How can we decide if we are alike or different? Do we resonate, do we empathize, or do we separate and isolate? How could we know?

Behind The Curtain: Sunday Treats

From the composers of January Sun Prep Time: ~ 2.5 years Cook Time: ~ 5 months Yields: ~ 400 servings per night The initial ideas came...

January Sun | The Things You Don't Know and Thought You Knew

“For someone, compassion may mean a beer and some loud friends, and for another it may be in a hotel suite, staring out the window as the...

January Sun | For The People We Love

There once was a bird. It didn’t know what it was made for so it went to every possible corner of the world, asking every two-legged...

January Sun | Inherited: Wisdom or Trauma?

The growth of a child has always made me curious, and scared. A blank piece of paper living by instincts and learning from every...

January Sun | Nothing Is Certain

Benjamin Franklin paraded that life is change, that nothing is certain but death and taxes. On a physical level, our bodies change. On a...

January Sun | Days I Wandered Places I've Already Been

Monday or Tuesday night, the pub closes at the same time. Guests don’t usually linger around for too long on weekdays, especially during...

January Sun | Multidimensionality of Women

While creating this musical, we grew up with a girl who is systematic, loves music and wears frilly dresses as she hops from task to...

January Sun | The Scums of The Universe

You collapse into your favorite spot in the pub. It’s another hard day, and as much as you wish you were in bed right now, you have a job...

January Sun | Life On Stage

Our musical January Sun is inspired by real events and real people. Roaming through Sol Town, you will come to see that even the littlest...