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Musical comedy born from family tragedy
Austin Winsberg , creator of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist , imagined his ill father experiencing the world through song-and-dance numbers
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In Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Jane Levy plays a shy computer programmer named Zoey (centre) who can hear people's thoughts and feelings as Broadway-style songs.
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The musical comedy drama Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist has an unusual protagonist: a woman who can hear people's thoughts and feelings as Broadway-style songs.
But as whimsical as it is, the new show was inspired by creator Austin Winsberg's family tragedy - his father developing a brain disorder that left him unable to move or speak in the final months of his life.
