Promotional pizza box, 2012

The Broadway subseries, 1998-2013 contains materials relating to The Boy from Oz, a Tony Award winning biographical musical about Australian singer/songwriter Peter Allen, and Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, the most expensive Broadway production in history, which McKinley was hired to direct mid-production. Materials related to The Boy from Oz include correspondence related to the productions; pre-production research; production materials, including a script with notes in the margins, a score, costume sketches, and a production binder that contains information on many technical aspects of the play such as a schedule, scene by scene tech, props, costumes, lighting and sound and production notes; set designs; playbills; scrapbooks; and publicity. Also included are papers related to the 2005 Tokyo production, which McKinley also directed, including photos of the ensemble and costume sketches with a note from the costumer. Researchers interested in this production may also want to look at related materials in the Audiovisual (1969-2013 and undated) and Artifacts (1969-2013 and undated) series, such as production posters and a pair of dance shoes worn in the Broadway show. Materials related to Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark (2011-2013) include production materials, such as character biographies, scripts, preview notes, and playbills; and publicity materials, such as articles and realia, including a Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark promotional pizza box, memorabilia, and a commemorative comic book.