A World Premiere of My New Play A Frosty Night It's been a minute since I last posted anything on my site!! Jeez. My big news is I'm having another world premiere. The second in a year. This times it's my play A Frosty Night. It's a commission from The Human Race Theatre (where This is Tom Jones! had its world premiere last year.) in Dayton, Ohio. The theatre has leaned into doing an adults only holiday show. They want [...]
Prison Lament Here's a lyric video I put together for the song "Prison Lament" from my show Tom Jones the Musical. I wrote the song and then it took Paul about four hours to put together the arrangement. Tom has been found guilty of killing a man and sits in his prison cell, lamenting (see how I got the title of the song?) his fate. Paul, besides being the musical director for Pink and the TV show The Voice, also [...]
You Can Now Stream the Tom Jones the Musical Album It's here! The concept album for my show Tom Jones the Musical is now out and available wherever you stream music. I really want to get this show out into the world. I'm really proud of what my good friend Paul Mirkovich and I did with the 1960s British Invasion-inspired music (I penned all the songs and he made them sound fantastic). And a huge thank you to all my [...]
Should I change the name of my show? I'm contemplating changing the title of my musical adaptation of the novel "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" from "Tom Jones the Musical" to "This is Tom Jones." What do you think? [poll id="6"] Here are some of the songs from the show.
Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge Video on Demand COVID-19, begone! Ye shall not destroy the arts! My play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge will be produced by Orlando Shakes in a Video on Demand virtual theater experience, from December 10 - 20, 2020. Some dear friends of mine are in this production. Philip Nolen, who did the original workshop and world premiere of the play, and who has been an inspiration to me for my writing, will play Ebenezer Scrooge. Anne [...]
Poe: Deep Into That Darkness Peering Poe: Deep Into That Darkness Peering, a play I co-wrote with Mark Rector, is now running at Orlando Shakes. It's a streaming production, so you can watch it from anywhere in the world, and in whatever clothing you'd like. What the Heck It's About In a fury of wild panic, Edgar Allan Poe bursts into a room of trusted friends convinced enemies, who seek to destroy him, pursue him. To save his own life, [...]
I Wrote That? I've been working on a one-act version of "Around the World in 80 Days." With most theatres only streaming productions, I feel shorter plays (no intermission) are going to be more popular. And for years my friend David Emmes has been pushing me to do a one-act version. I'm changing it up a bit from the two-act version, so I went back to the book to look up a few things. I came across this passage from [...]
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge On Demand at Orlando Shakes COVID-19 be damned. My play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge is full-steam ahead this December at Orlando Shakes in Orlando, FL. I don't need to tell you that COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the theatre community (and every other community). But after much planning, Orlando Shakes will produce a video-on-demand production of my play. Nothing compares to actually being in a theatre, but these are crazy times and I'd love for you [...]
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year For Productions The great thing about having a Christmas show along with other scripts means that this is the most wonderful time of year for productions of my shows. This holiday season has been a busy one. December 6 is a particularly busy day. I have 5 productions opening that night. I'm very grateful for theatre choosing to do my shows.. Here are some of the productions around ye olde globe. [...]
"Spend the Night With Me" From Tom Jones the Musical Live at the Rockwell Table and Stage We debuted five songs from Tom Jones the Musical at the Rockwell Table and Stage. We were part of the Foundation for New American Musicals’ Musi-Cal night. It was a raucous good time. Here's a video of the performance of “Spend the Night With Me" featuring Jennifer Sun Bell and Eric B. Anthony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUsHzj09v8k
