{"id":3201,"date":"2026-09-24T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ticketmaster.com\/?p=68752"},"modified":"2026-09-24T23:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:00:22","slug":"todrick-hall-on-his-original-musical-midnight-its-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/todrick-hall-on-his-original-musical-midnight-its-a-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Todrick Hall on His Original Musical Midnight: \u201cIt\u2019s A Dream Come True\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fall of 2025, Todrick Hall<\/a> made a surprise announcement on his YouTube channel: he was creating his first original musical.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m about to embark on perhaps the most ambitious journey of my career,\u201d the Texas-born creator explained<\/a> in a rare confessional straight to the camera before revealing the musical\u2019s title: Midnight<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the time of the announcement, the one-time American Idol<\/i> hopeful had already spent more than a decade as one of YouTube\u2019s most popular and multi-talented creators. His signature musical parodies, mash-ups and original music videos raked in millions of views and helped define virality throughout the 2010s, eventually leading to major opportunities like sitting on the judges panel of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/i>, his own MTV reality show and second-place finishes on both The Masked Singer<\/i> and Celebrity Big Brother<\/i>. But wearing multiple hats to bring his own musical to life would be an altogether new kind of challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s maybe unprecedented,\u201d Hall tells Ticketmaster on a break from rehearsals for the show in midtown Manhattan. \u201cI’m not sure that anyone else has ever written, directed, choreographed, composed, and starred in their own musical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set in the 19th century, Midnight <\/i>transports audiences to life in the American South through the eyes of Rail, an enslaved Black man living on a plantation (played by Hall). However, beyond that cursory outline, the musical has maintained a certain air of mystery ahead of its Off-Broadway premiere, considering Hall has purposely kept mum on certain details like, say, plot, narrative, or what type of hero\u2019s journey Rail embarks upon in the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I love the most about this Midnight<\/i> experience is that this content can’t be seen someplace else,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can’t go and Google the story and get a full synopsis of it. It’s not based on any source material. It’s a completely original story from start to finish, so the only way an audience can experience it is to go watch the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The cast of Midnight, photo by Valerie Terranova Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opening October 15 at the Daryl Roth Theatre, Midnight<\/i> boasts a dynamic cast that includes the likes of The Voice<\/i> Season 26 finalist Jeremy Beloate, Tony nominee Sidney DuPont and Autumn Hurlbert, the Broadway<\/a> star who got her start as runner-up on the cult-favorite 2008 MTV series Legally Blonde: The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the fact that I have assembled a group of people where no one is jaded in this room. Every single person is, to quote one of my favorite composers, \u2018young, scrappy, and hungry.\u2019<\/a>\u201d They’re all ready to make a show that will turn heads, blow the roof off of the Daryl Roth Theatre and demand that somehow, somewhere on Broadway, they make an opening for this musical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below, Hall talks about bringing Midnight<\/i> to New York City, crafting the show\u2019s diverse musical score, how YouTube helped prepare him to create an original musical and more.<\/p>\n

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