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On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with composer and lyricist Timothy L. Michuda. Along with Ben Ward, the pair have written the musical “Turing,” based on the life of legendary mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing. Not only was Turing instrumental in the Allied Powers’ fight against the Nazis in World War II, but later in life, he was put on trial for being gay during an era when homosexuality was criminalized.
In their conversation, Matt and Timothy discuss why Turing’s complicated life called out to be musicalized and why the writers chose to divide his life into three distinct chapters, but rather than tell them chronologically, to interweave them to bring attention to patterns and puzzles found in his history.
The first three songs from the “Turing” EP are available now wherever you get your music, with three more tracks being released on Friday, Oct. 9.
Listen to the “Turing” tracks here:
https://www.turingmusical.com/
