Original sentence: After an unsuccessful workshop at the West Beth Theatre Center in lower Manhattan, Disney appointed a new creative team.After much development Disney gave up Hoopz and the rights to the Harlem Globetrotters.Brought on to replace them are playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and director Marion McClinton, both esteemed and serious artists, though neither known for their musical work.Dancer Savion Glover, director Kenny Leon, and poet Reg E.Disney Theatricals has appointed a new creative team to the in-development Harlem Globetrotter musical Hoopz.Gaines were dismissed.Gaines were dismissed after a recent unsuccessful workshop, according to an article in the New York Times.Gaines, who wrote the poetic narration for Bring In `Da Noise/Bring In `Da Funk, Hoopz was to tell the true story of the basketball wizards who helped break the color barrier in professional sports.Jeanine Tesori was in talks to compose music for the show.Savion Glover, director Kenny Leon, and poet Reg E.The workshop combined the incredible coordination and skillful handling of basketballs known to the Globetrotters with Glover's choreography.The workshop held in June 2000, was co- directed by Kenny Leon and Savion Glover and choreographed by Glover
Edited sentence: " New to the creative team were playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and director Marion McClinton.A workshop held in June 2000 was co - directed by Kenny Leon and Savion Glover and choreographed by Glover.As of 2003, although Jeanine Tesori and Suzan-Lori Parks had been in talks to compose music for the show, they ultimately did not work on the show.Gaines, Hoopz was to tell the true story of the team that helped break the color barrier in professional sports.Glover, Leon, and Gaines "were dismissed after a recent unsuccessful workshop.In December 2000, it was announced that Disney Theatricals had appointed a new creative team for the in-development musical.In an interview in September 2006, Thomas Schumacher, the president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said: "we gave up Hoopz and we gave up our rights to the Harlem Globetrotters.That was an issue of we had a limited window when we had the rights to make a musical out of it.The workshop combined the coordination and skillful handling of a basketball known to the Globetrotters with Glover's choreography