- ARCHIVE / TAG ARCHIVE
- Durang’s WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM
I join composer Mark Bennett (Coast of Utopia, The Bridge Project) as associate composer and co-arranger on Christopher Durang’s new comedy, Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, premiering at The Public Theater on April 6.
Nicholas Martin directs, sound design by Drew Levy, scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Gabriel [...] - Broadway Debut
I made my Broadway debut onstage this weekend in Passing Strange.
This is a first for me - costumes, props, spoken lines, acting. It’s fabulous fun, and icing on the cake after the intense rehearsal and prep period.
The show is getting great reviews & looks to be in the running for several Tonys. Kathie Edmonds took [...] - PASSING STRANGE - On Broadway!
I’ve been hired as Transcription and Music Consultant for the Broadway run of Passing Strange, which opens at the Belasco Theater Febuary 28th.
Book & lyrics are by Stew, music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald. Onstage with the fabulous cast are Christian Cassan on drums, Jon Spurney (Hedwig, The Daily Show) on keys and guitar, and [...] - American Ballet Theater’s THE NUTCRACKER
My friend Curtis Moore and I are doing synth programming for The Nutcracker, December 18-23 at the Kennedy Center.
Just when I thought it was safe to sell my SCSI CD-ROM drives… - PASSING STRANGE
The Public Theater has hired me to transcribe Passing Strange.
I saw the show earlier this summer (the night of the Tony Awards) and enjoyed it thoroughly. It’s a most unusual show, and now I get to write it down!
These are musical ideas which have never needed paper for transmission. There are no charts, just a [...] - A Bawdy Romp
I’m a musical coach for David Grimm’s Measure for Pleasure at the Public Theater.
Incidental music by Peter Golub.
Cast includes Michael Stuhlbard (Pillowman), Euan Morton (Taboo), Suzanne Bertish (Nickleby), and Michael Knight (Seinfield). - The Unsinkable
Belly up!
I’ll be doing orchestrations and music prep for Windwood Theatricals’ national tour of The Unsinkable Molly Brown this spring.
Bob Durkin directs. - COPACABANA!
I’m doing synthesizer programming for Windwood Theatricals’ national tour of Barry Manilow’s COPACABANA!
- THE FULL MONTY on Broadway!
I’m subbing for Dan Lipton on Key1 in the pit on THE FULL MONTY at the Eugene O’Neill.
Yazbek’s score is fresh air. The cast is great & the people who put it together are awfully smart folks.