$1.50 Scoops at Baskin Robbins on Halloween
Mark2022-01-18T05:53:36+00:00Baskin Robbins is offering $1.50 scoops on Halloween. What's not to love about $1.50 scoops of ice cream?
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Around the World Playwright’s Notes
Mark2017-10-21T05:20:31+00:00Playwright's Notes For Around the World in 80 Days Years ago I was asked to write playwright's notes for the playbill for the Colony Theatre's production of Around the World in 80 Days. I wrote my notes and gave them to my wife to read. She read about 3/4 of the way and thought "My husband has lost it. He's rambling. He's all over the place." And then she got to the last paragraph and said to me "I can't [...]
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10, 2017
How I Go From Idea to Finished Song
Mark2017-10-13T20:33:38+00:00From Idea to Finished Song Anyone who knows me knows I'm not the best singer in the world. Nor am I the best guitar player in the world. I took guitar lessons from a guy with huge ears at a dinky music store when I was in 7th grade and I haven't gotten any better. Seriously. But what I can do, as my friend Paul Mirkovich says, is write a song. And right now I've written a bunch of songs for [...]
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08, 2017
New Bern Civic Theatre Goes Around the World
Mark2022-01-18T05:53:35+00:00New Bern Civic Theatre Heading Around the World New Bern Civic Theatre in New Bern, NC is producing my play Around the World in 80 Days, Sept 8 -17. That makes two productions opening in the same week (Servant Stage is the other production). Pay no attention to the helicopter. It didn't exist in 1872, but would have made the trip a whole lot easier. New Bern, NC, along the mighty Neuse River is the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola. Seriously. I hear [...]
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08, 2017
Servant Stage Company Goes Around the World
Mark2022-12-13T04:12:40+00:00Servant Stage Company Going Around the World in 80 Days Servant Stage Company in Lancaster, PA will be producing my play Around the World in 80 Days, Sept 7 - 17. (I have another production opening the same week at New Bern Civic Theatre.) I've seen some pictures of the Servant Stage production and the costumes and set look gorgeous. Cast The production stars: Dan Deal, Andrew Zahn, Kristen Brewer, Jacob Daniel Cummings and Brian McCreary. Tickets All tickets are pay what you want! Let's hope [...]
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07, 2017
Hedgerow Theatre Company World Tour
Mark2023-11-16T00:56:16+00:00Hedgerow Theatre Company Goes Around the World The Hedgerow Theatre Company in Rose Valley, PA is going Around the World in 80 Days. And according to the reviews they're doing a bang up job of it. "Director Damon Bonetti and his ensemble of five gifted comedic actors (portraying 39 characters) breathe great comedic life into Brown’s script, while still finding its heart." ~ DC Metro "It’s precisely the sort of thing you want to witness on a lazy summer night." ~ [...]
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06, 2017
Tom Jones the Musical The World Has Evil
Mark2017-06-27T21:10:49+00:00Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions A few weeks ago I went into recording studios in NYC and LA to record demo songs for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. I've been writing behind the scenes posts about the songs and the singers. This is the second to last installment. The Whole World Has Evil The song "The Whole World Has Evil" is our introduction to the show's antagonist, the priggish Blifil. I suppose you'd be a prig, too, [...]
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06, 2017
Tom Jones the Musical The One
Mark2017-06-10T07:06:08+00:00Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions Last week the other week I wrote about the amazing recording sessions we had in NYC for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. This is the first post about the incredible LA recording session. The One I think "The One" is the second song I wrote for Tom Jones. (The first being "Harlot Jenny Jones"). It's the third song of the show, when we first meet our lovers - Tom Jones and Sophie Western. [...]
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05, 2017
Tom Jones the Musical Say Goodbye
Mark2017-05-24T17:54:33+00:00Tom Jones the Musical Demo Recordings I've been chronicling about the recent demo recording sessions I did in NYC for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. I worked with fantastic singers and am really happy with the results. Say Goodbye to Tom Jones "Say Goodbye to Tom Jones" happens late in the second act. Both Squire Western and the priggish Blifil want to get Tom Jones out of the way so Blifil can marry Squire Western's daughter, Sophie. Blifil [...]
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05, 2017
Tom Jones the Musical I Wanna Go Home
Mark2017-05-23T20:02:17+00:00Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions Earlier this month I was in NYC to record demos for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. We were in the studio for three days. Two days of recording and one day of mixing. Last week I wrote a series of posts about the songs we recorded on the first day. Here's the first post about the songs we recorded on the second day. I Wanna Go Home The song "I Wanna Go [...]