How the 'Transparent' stage musical aims to continue the hit Amazon show's legacy
LOS ANGELES — After their 75-year-old parent came out as a transgender woman, Joey and Faith Soloway began to consider their own identities, and their family's dynamics, in new ways. Then, they had an idea.
"The very first thing we wanted to do was make a musical," Joey recalled to the L.A. Times. "We actually shot some scenes on an iPhone about our parent transitioning and what it's like to be their children."
That effort was shelved when Amazon Studios picked up "Transparent," which broke ground as the first scripted television show to center on a transitioning transgender character and won eight Emmy Awards throughout its four-season run. Inspired by Joey and Faith's real-life experiences, the half-hour dark comedy chronicled.
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