Jan 8, 2020 | Collaboration, Composer, Musical Theater, Performing |
We Come Alive through Others I’ve been working on my fantasy musical, “The Golden Cage,” for what seems like forever – and this week we finally started the Workshop Phase! The 2-Character musical is about a Bird-Man who’s been searching...
Dec 18, 2018 | Collaboration, Composer, Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
When I create a show, I almost always work with an visual artist who brings the show alive for me visually with original illustrations. But first I draw them myself. In this video I’m showing you the drawings I made for “The Golden Cage” and then how...
Dec 13, 2018 | Collaboration, Composer, Composing, Musical Theater, Projects, Uncategorized |
This is a ‘work-video’ of my musical “The Golden Cage” that I made for my development collaborator, Paul Gordon. It’s a 12-minute ‘short story’ version – or musical synopsis – of the 75-minute, 2-character show....
Sep 29, 2017 | Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
After spending the last 3 years editing and updating my musical “The Golden Cage,” music director Tim Maurice and I are diving into the process of editing another musical of mine, “The Zero Club.” It’s a musical about a troupe of anti-nuclear guerrilla-theater...
Jul 2, 2017 | Composing, Musical Theater |
I was in NYC just one week ago today for a “Writer-Producer” speed date presented by the “Theater Resources Unlimited” (TruOnline.org) folks. It was GREAT!!! Despite the fact that I locked myself out of my cellphone (I recommend NOT ever doing...
Sep 16, 2016 | Composing, Musical Theater |
The last month has been an intense one working on my musical “The Golden Cage.” After a NYC reading earlier this year, I started rewriting the beginning and ending of the show. After NYC reading, I started rewriting the beginning & ending of the show....
Sep 2, 2016 | Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
PlayActing. It’s how I’ve been writing music since I was a kid. I act it out. I play all the parts, and completely indulge myself in the emotions and physicalization. And now that I’m working on (hopefully final) revisions of “The Golden Cage,” pianist &...
Jul 20, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Collaboration, Events, Harping & Harpists, Musical Theater, Performance, Press Release, [Mentorship-HYMM] Harness Your Muse |
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Apr 14, 2016 | Collaboration, Creativity, Instrument (My Instrument), Musical Theater, Performance, Photo Gallery, Residency |
When I pack for tour, I have to get EVERYTHING into two 50-lb bags – and I mean everything … including my instrument. So when the Sensoria Festival invited me to perform a piece from my one-woman musical “Electra’s Lyre” at my April 11th...
Feb 24, 2016 | Broadway, Composing, Musical Theater, musical theatre |
I’ve been up burning the midnight oil, and editing “The Golden Cage” a musical I’ve been working on for over 40 years. Tonight I was editing the audio cuts so they work better with the script. Because, as of last week, I now have a script. Tonight I was...
