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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
8/4/21
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STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from OWN's press release, August 2021) Last year on Juneteenth, a day celebrating the emancipation of African-American slaves in America, Robert Hartwell made headlines when he purchased a historic property in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. This is a house with a complicated history, and Robert's purchase set the Internet ablaze. When Robert, the founder of The Broadway Collective, Broadway's #1 training academy, and a working actor who has performed on Broadway in five musicals from "Hello, Dolly!" with Bette Midler to "Motown the Musical," first saw the 200-year-old colonial house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he knew he had found home. It was not easy for the openly gay Black man to complete the cash offer only purchase but Hartwell just knew this was meant to be his house, so he persevered. Now, Hartwell will renovate the home room by room. The renovation of this house will unlock stories of his own history and lead him down a path of discovery about himself, his culture and the Black creatives who will inspire the ensuing designs. "I wish I could've told my ancestors when they were breaking their backs in 1820 to build this house that 200 years later a free gay Black man was going to own it and fill it with love and say their name," Hartwell said when the purchase was complete. This finished home will be a celebration of Black excellence, the people and culture that built him. The series is produced by Scott Brothers Entertainment. Hartwell, Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott are the executive producers. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Robert Hartwell
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Drew Scott as EP
· Jonathan Scott as EP
· Robert Hartwell as EP
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GENRE(S):
· reality
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Scott Brothers Entertainment
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