Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions This is my third post about the recent recording sessions we did for my show Tom Jones the Musical. These posts are a sort of behind the scenes look at the sessions. You can read the first post about Kerry Butler and Dan DeLuca recording the song "About You." And the second post about Anissa Felix and Josh Tolle recording "Digging a Hole in the Ground." The lovely, talented and most likely drunk Janine [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions This is the second installment about the recording session we did in NYC for my musical Tom Jones the Musical. Yesterday I wrote about the first song we recorded: "About You," sung by the incredibly talented Kerry Butler and Dan DeLuca. Digging a Hole in the Ground After we recorded Kerry, we moved onto "Digging a Hole in the Ground." This song takes place in the second act. Tom and Sophie come face to face for [...]
Tom Jones The Musical Demo Sessions I just got back from NYC, where I spent three days in Mirrortone Studios recording demos for my musical Tom Jones The Musical (Clever title, huh?). We had a blast. I called up a bunch of my friends and asked if they would come in and record a song or two. I was shooting for a "concert" version of the musical, where the songs are sung by different people. They all said yes. I [...]
Florida Rep New Play Festival My new play "Love, the Cracksman" had a fantastic reading at Florida Rep Theatre's New Plays Festival in Fort Myers, FL. The Cast The funny boys. Lovers. Me at the talkback. Me and the director, Stefan Novinski. This was the first public reading and it couldn't have gone better. I was happy and relieved to hear wave after wave of laughter throughout the show. The reading was directed by my good friend Stefan [...]
Omaha Community Playhouse Goes Around the World The Omaha Community Playhouse, the country's largest community theatre (more on that in a bit), is producing my play Around the World in 80 Days. It runs January 20 -February 12. I hate to point these things out but my OCD gets the better of me. Here's the poster for the show. Can you spot the mistake? The Largest Community Theatre So it turns out that the Omaha Community Playhouse is the country's [...]
Canyon Theatre Guild Travels Around the World Hey everyone in the Santa Clarita, California area, hie thee to the Canyon Theatre Guild this month to see their production of Around the World in 80 Days. If you have kids, go see the show either October 8, 14, or 15. Kids under 15 are free! What a deal. Here's the Skinny Friday @ 8PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
Maurer Productions Nabs Three Perry Awards A little while back I wrote about the Perry Awards and how Maurer Productions OnStage received 8 nominations for their production of Around the World in 80 Days. This production was special to me because it was the first show of mine to be produced within twenty minutes from where I grew up. I've been produced all over the world. The USA. Canada. England. India. Turkey. Bangladesh. And the foothills of the Himalayas. But it [...]
Around the World in 80 Days at The Matrix Theatre Well look what's happening in my backyard: Lost Dog Productions is producing Around the World in 80 Days at the Matrix Theatre in Hollywood, California. I went to the opening the other with an old friend of mine from university and had loads of fun. It was the first time I had ever been to the Matrix Theatre. It's a cute theatre. Wide. A very wide stage. You could get all [...]
Tom Jones - I Won't Break Your Heart Again Paul has a brief hiatus from The Voice so he and I went back into the studio to record another demo for Tom Jones the Musical. In a nutshell, here's how we work: I write the music and lyrics and record a rough demo I take it to Paul, who listens to it maybe twice He arranges the song in a few hours I sit and watch Here's a video of our [...]
The NJACT NJ Perry Awards The good people at Maurer Productions OnStage have informed me that their production of Around the World in 80 Days has garnered seven eight Perry Awards nominations. Whoo hoo! Of course when they told me about the nominations I had never heard of the NJACT NJ Perry Awards. Turns out it's a pretty big deal. The Perry Awards are given for outstanding achievements in New Jersey Community Theater. The awards are a wing of The New Jersey [...]
