In the Anatomy of a Number video series, musical theater makers talk about the elements that inspired a song from their show.
“Found,” a new show at the Atlantic Theater Company, sets anonymous notes, letters and other correspondence to music.
In this video, Eli Bolin, who wrote the show’s music and lyrics, talks about how boxing and calypso music inspired “Cats Are Cats,” a comedic number based on a child’s handwritten note. “Found” continues through Sunday at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater.
Past videos in this series include interviews with Jerry Mitchell, the director and choreographer of “Kinky Boots”; Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the composers of the musical “A Christmas Story”; and Michael Mayer, the director of “American Idiot.”