NEW YORK — The 2023 Tribeca Festival will serve up a live production recording of Broadway’s “Waitress” and a film exploring native New Yorker Alicia Keys’ songwriting camp, organizers announced Tuesday.
The 22nd edition of the New York City-set movie and entertainment festival includes 109 feature films, including 93 world premieres, and offers a mix of scripted movies and documentaries.
“Waitress, the Musical — Live on Broadway!” will make its world premiere, giving more people access to Sara Bareilles’ Tony-nominated show about a small-town pie baker. Bareilles will also give a special performance during the festival, which is scheduled to take place June 7-18.
Also making its world premiere will be “Uncharted,” a deep dive into Keys’ “She Is The Music” camp that also sheds light on challenges faced by young Black and brown women in the music industry.
Other highlights on the Tribeca slate unveiled Tuesday include the documentary “All Up in the Biz” about late New York rapper Biz Markie; a Gloria Gaynor documentary titled “I Will Survive”; and the comedy “First Time Female Director” written and directed by “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Chelsea Peretti.
“Stan Lee,” Marvel’s first original documentary, explores the New York upbringing of the late, titular comic-book writer behind Spider-Man and the X-Men. “Bucky F—ing Dent” uses the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry during the historic 1978 season as a backdrop for a story about a man and his estranged, terminally ill father.
“Over the course of 12 thrilling days, we invite audiences to explore the magic of storytelling as a powerful tool of democracy, activism, and social awareness,” Tribeca Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal said in a statement.
“We’re also proud to highlight the 50th anniversary of hip-hop as a culture-defining genre that originated right here in New York City, with insightful world premieres about beat-boxing legends and live performances from today’s top-charting musicians.”
Rosenthal co-founded the then-titled Tribeca Film Festival in 2002 with Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff to help Lower Manhattan bounce back after 9/11. The event rebranded as the Tribeca Festival in 2021 as it continued to embrace programming beyond film, including series, musical performances and podcasts.
Past Tribeca Festivals have featured the premieres of “Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones,” the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” ESPN’s Derek Jeter documentary series “The Captain,” and the Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime.”
Last year’s festival included a talk with Taylor Swift about her “All Too Well: The Short Film,” which she ended with a surprise performance of the 10-minute anthem.
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