Tom Jones – From Thought to Reality

The Making of Tom Jones [embedplusvideo height="360" width="669" editlink="http://bit.ly/1Xovyvk" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/puUnDk8P2P8?fs=1" vars="ytid=puUnDk8P2P8&width=669&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=" id="ep8316" /] My good friend Paul Mirkovich and I are in the midst of recording songs for our new musical Tom Jones, based on the novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Not based on Tom Jones the Welsh singer. Writing songs always scares me.  It's a bit out of my comfort zone. I never know if they're good or plain old crap. I felt [...]

Tom Jones – From Thought to Reality2017-02-11T05:49:04+00:00

Tom Jones – About You

Tom Jones - The Musical The other day I wrote about how my friend Paul Mirkovich and I are recording mock-up demos for our musical Tom Jones. It's been a long time in the making and I'm excited to finally record the songs. The plan is to do these mock-ups so Paul's band can hear them and then we'll record with the band. The idea we've come up with is to keep the story in the 1600s but with modern [...]

Tom Jones – About You2017-02-11T05:49:04+00:00

Tom Jones – The One For Me

Tom Jones the Musical I was commissioned to adapt the novel Tom Jones into a musical. Many years ago. Many. Years. It's not that I've been dragging my feet. It's that I've been waiting on my friend Paul Mirkovich. See, he and I wrote China the Whole Enchilada. I wrote the book, lyrics, and basic melodies. Paul then made the songs much better. Much. better. The show ended up receiving Outstanding Musical at the New York City Fringe Festival. Go [...]

Tom Jones – The One For Me2023-11-16T00:59:10+00:00

Thankful For Many Things

Thankful for 2014 As we wrap up 2014 and move onto 2015, I thought I'd post about what I have been thankful for in 2014. I apologize in advance if this list becomes mushy and maudlin. First, I'm thankful for my family and friends. You all bring joy to my life. Some of you bring a pot roast. I like the pot roast bearing friends a bit more. I'm thankful for all of the theatres that are producing Around the World in [...]

Thankful For Many Things2023-11-16T00:56:51+00:00

TheatreSquared Trip

TheatreSquared and Me I just got back from a whirlwind trip to TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I had a brilliant time. TheatreSquared is currently producing my show Around the World in 80 Days. The theatre graciously invited me out to attend opening night, do talkbacks with audiences, and be a guest pontificator lecturer at a theatre MFA class. If you have never been to TheatreSquared, hop in the vehicle of your choice and hasten your bad self to Fayetteville, AR. Surprisingly, Fayetteville was [...]

TheatreSquared Trip2020-02-27T06:11:31+00:00

Eastchester Players Club Going Around the World

Eastchester Players Club I got a Google alert that the Eastchester Players Club in New York will be doing my show Around the World in 80 Days this weekend. Yeah, I get Google alerts about my shows. I like to see is there's anything I need to know about my shows. Like whether I'm having an Off-Broadway production, or being awarded Outstanding Musical, or having a World Premiere. Was that shameless promotion noticeable? Anyway, when I found the kids at the Eastchester [...]

Eastchester Players Club Going Around the World2022-01-18T05:52:16+00:00

Around the World in 80 Days at Meadow Brook

Around the World in 80 Days at Meadow Brook Meadow Brook Theatre's production of Around the World in 80 Days is going great guns. The production has received 4 rave reviews. The latest is from the Oakland Press - “Around the World in 80 Days” is a fun-filled, fast-paced adventure comedy!" Truth be told, I thought the Oakland Press was the name of a wrestling move named after Oakland Moon, King of the Grappling Hold. This production is the Michigan [...]

Around the World in 80 Days at Meadow Brook2022-01-18T05:52:15+00:00

Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2014–15 Season

Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2014–15 Season I got back from vacation yesterday to discover my play Around the World in 80 Days has made American Theatre Magazine's Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2014–15 Season. What the hell!? Pretty much my reaction to hearing the news. Talk about a nice surprise. Around the World in 80 Days joins such plays as Peter and the Starcatcher, Other Desert Cities and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. I join playwrights David Ives, John Patrick [...]

Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2014–15 Season2017-10-30T03:26:46+00:00

Tom Jones in Dramatic Publishing

Tom Jones is in the Dramatic Publishing Catalogue The new Dramatic Publishing Catalogue is here! The new Dramatic Publishing Catalogue is here! Page 7. Brown. Mark. I'm somebody now. Millions of people look at this catalogue every day. This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. Last month I wrote about my long relationship with Dramatic Publishing and that they were going to publish my new play Tom Jones. Well look who's [...]

Tom Jones in Dramatic Publishing2017-10-28T06:43:45+00:00

Tom Jones To Be Published

  Dramatic Publishing I'm excited to announce that one of my publishers, Dramatic Publishing, is going to publish my play Tom Jones. Woot. It joins Around the World in 80 Days and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at Dramatic Publishing. I've had a long relationship with Dramatic Publishing. They were going to publish my first play The Little Prince but then the rights changed hands and I was forbidden by the new rights holder to have my version published or [...]

Tom Jones To Be Published2023-11-16T00:59:10+00:00
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