The Tony-nominees chat with VF about transforming Sufjan Stevens’s nearly 20-year-old concept album, 'Illinois,' into a modern, boundary-defying musical.
“I often have the thought of, Wow, if someone described this to me, I would be like, no, thanks. Not for me,” Andres told Vanity Fair over the phone. “Yet you see it and it’s like, somehow all the elements just kind of work together.” Despite his initial skepticism, the recording of Illinoise wouldn’t have happened without Andres, who was selected by Stevens to orchestrate and arrange his music for the production.
The whirlwind experience has shifted the way Andres might approach his work going forward. “Maybe we should all be working a little harder to square that relationship between artists and audience. Maybe we should be thinking about that harder. Maybe we should be revising more. Maybe a little commercial pressure is a good thing.
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