Design logo and Playbill for new Broadway musical

Detroit Story

A musical is starting in Detroit and making it's way to Broadway

black, white, red
maybe tan? sepia? gray?

A Detroit Story (or “Detroit Story”) is a new musical, a multigenerational epic of two families: one black, one white, alongside figures like Henry Ford, Berry Gordy, and Coleman Young, exploring how the city shaped them, and they shaped it, as the music flows from Swing to Motown to Techno.

Themes
The main theme is a lifetime relationship between black and white friends, Stella and Rose. They are best friends, but there is also plenty of tension between the two of them. If the logo portrays the two girls, then (1) they must have identical body types and facial features, (2) the black girl would have big curly hair, the white girl straight hair (a pigtail?) and (3) they would be teenagers.

Stella, our main character, becomes a strong schoolteacher who overcomes adversity to inspire future generations of Detroiters.
• NOTE: The two obvious traditional themes for things Detroit, cars and Motown, should not be included in this design. Musical themes should NOT be included in the design.
Locations
• Birwood Wall - a concrete wall 6 feet tall. (fav image: silhouettes of two girls on tiptoes talking - arguing? - over the wall.)
• Factory floor (a la Diego Rivera)

Objects
Red polka dot bandana (Rose grows up to become Rosie the Riveter.)
Books, especially a diary (Stella reads a lot; keeps a diary)

Colors
Black and white obviously! Plus one accent color? Maybe the red bandana?
Against yellow (Playbill) or gray (T-shirt) background?

Tone
Hopeful, gritty, epic history, awakening

Deliverables
Logo and brand identity
For PLAYBILL cover, website, social media, T-shirts, and collateral
Audience
Primarily theatergoers, but also sponsors of musicals (foundations, corporations, individuals)