Tom Jones the Musical Live Our set of songs from Tom Jones the Musical at the Rockwell Table and Stage was rollicking! It was a great audience and the cast tore it up. When we perform at the Rockwell in September, it went really well. But this performance was wild. It was truly a magical evening. Eric dancing up a storm during Fox Hunting. Wilkie and Jennifer killing it. As my daughter said, "Miatta slayed!" And then there's me. I'm [...]
Here's the Cast for Tom Jones the Musical The other day I posted about our return to the Rockwell Table and Stage to perform more songs from Tom Jones the Musical. We've put together a fantastic group of actors. Wilkie Ferguson Most of my musical theatre friends live in NYC, so I have to do some trolling out here in LA. I looked up musicals in LA and came across Spamilton. Wilkie was in the cast. I scoured ye olde [...]
Tom Jones is Coming Back to the Rockwell Back in September we debuted five songs from Tom Jones the Musical. It went so well that the Foundation for New America Musicals has invited us to come back in February to perform some more songs. Whoo to the hoo! We've put together a fantastic group of singers. Eric B Anthony is singing the part of Tom Jones. He's a fantastic singer and has been seen on Broadway in Mary Poppins, Hairspray,and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
From 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 [...]
Tom 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, [...]
Tom 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. [...]
