Tom Jones - Spend the Night With Me Yesterday Paul and I got together to record a new song for our musical Tom Jones the Musical. The song is called "Spend the Night With Me." It's a seductive duet between Tom and Mrs. Waters (later in the show there's a jaw-dropping reveal of who Mrs Waters really is). We'll record the singers at a later date. Right now Paul sings both parts. And all of the backup parts. Here it [...]
First Public Performance of Tom Jones the Musical I'm excited to announce that Tom Jones the Musical will be part of the Musi-Cal show at the Rockwell Table and Stage on Sept 10. I'm thrilled because this will be our first ever public performance of songs from the show. We'll do 4-5 songs. Cast We've put together a fantastic cast. Deedee Magno Hall One of the nicest people you'll ever meet. She won the 2018 Ovation Award for Best Actress in [...]
I know I've done this poll before but I'm doing it again. Sue me. This September, Tom Jones the Musical is scheduled to be part of Musi-Cal, a program of The Foundation for New American Musicals. Can I get a Woot-Woot!? We have a 20-22 minute set. Paul and I are figuring out which songs we want to perform. Here are the songs we have recorded so far. We may have a new song or two to choose from by [...]
Fake Account on Facebook? Think again. Look, here's the deal. Don't waste your time reporting a fake account on Facebook. If you do, you'll quickly discover you're wrong. And no one likes to have their mistakes pointed out to them. And why do I say this? Because I recently reported a fake account on Facebook and the good folks at Facebook told me several times that I was wrong. I thought I had a case as tight as a duck's [...]
A Film About the Magic of Creating Theatre I love the theatre. It's been the one constant in my life. Well, that and my depression. I love the theatre because it is magical to me. It's a place where people come together for the purpose of telling a story. Actors, writers, directors, lighting designers, set designers, costume designers, the list goes on and on. All coming together to tell a story. Brandi Underwood, the founding artistic director of the Fat [...]
Fat Turtle Theatre Company Nails the Quest for Don Quixote The Fat Turtle Theatre Company (I love that name) in Indianapolis just closed an extremely successful run of my play The Quest for Don Quixote. "In adapting the unadaptable, this hilarious play about a play about an immortal character that transcends his literature, bends the rules enough to blend medieval chivalry with Pinkie Pie from 'My Little Pony.'" Yep, one character is a closeted bronie. You can read the whole review [...]
Fat Turtle Theatre Goes on a Quest for Don Quixote The Fat Turtle Theatre Company in Indianapolis, IN is producing my new-ish play The Quest for Don Quixote. It's my most personal play, based on real events in my life. It's about a writer who struggles with the fear of failure, depression and the sometimes paralyzing fear of life. And it's a comedy. I sat down, via Skype, with director Aaron Cleveland, the other day to talk about the play. I believe [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Recordings I was in NYC not so long ago, recording demos for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. I've been posting about the sessions and have come to the final song we recorded. I'll Always Love You "I'll Always Love You" is the final song in the show. The feel good, everything ends happily song. It's Tom and Sophie's wedding song. It's also the last song we recorded in NYC. Despite having a lot [...]
Valentines Day Cards 2015 It's always hard for me to find a good Valentines Day card. I hate the sappy, lace-covered cards with some soppy message written in a romance novel font. And a lot of the "humorous" cards don't live up to the humorous part. What's a pseudo-romantic-odd-sense-of-humor guy to do? Cue the band. These cards are perfect. Historical Cards That Say I Love You For those of you who love history and dictators, these are for you. Happy Valentines Day. [...]
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at the Commonweal Theatre What do you do if you don't like cold weather and hate traveling when there are large crowds at the airport? Well if you're me you go to Minnesota over the Thanksgiving long weekend. But it was worth it as I was visiting friends at the Commonweal Theatre Company to see their production of The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. Three years ago the good folks at the Commonweal Theatre invited me [...]
