My Coronavirus Diary - Day 1 March 16. Lockdown. Everything is closed. Restaurants, stores, schools. "Keep six feet away from people" has been replaced with "don't leave your homes!" Don't go outside! The zombies will get you! Jesus, Mary, and Josephine Baker I'm stressed. I work from home. Now my wife works from home. My daughter is home, "distance learning" with her school. My dogs are unemployed and all they do is lie around all day. Lazy bastards. I'm a [...]
How To Survive Staying At Home During The Coronavirus (Some of the links in this post are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. And with all of my productions on hold because of the coronavirus, I could use the extra gravy, so thank you in advance) The world has gone crazy. Schools are closing. Sporting events and concerts are canceled. Toilet paper is [...]
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
"Fox Hunting" From Tom Jones the Musical Live at the Rockwell Table and Stage Our set at the Rockwell Table and Stage was a rollicking good time. I love this performance or "Fox Hunting." Jennifer Sun Bell sounds fantastic. And Eric B. Anthony -- well Eric surprised us with his dancing. It's pure magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK_89pSCgBM
Digging a Hole in the Ground From Tom Jones the Musical Live at Rockwell Table and Stage We performed several songs from Tom Jones the Musical at the Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles. Here's a wonderful performance of "Digging a Hole in the Ground" by Miatta Lebile and Eric B. Anthony. [embedplusvideo height="360" width="640" editlink="http://bit.ly/2NAS8p9" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/XwTqW1D35PI?fs=1" vars="ytid=XwTqW1D35PI&width=640&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep2903" /]
Last month we debuted some more songs from my show Tom Jones the Musical. This was our second time being part of Musi-Cal at the Rockwell Table and Stage. It was a totally raucous set. The videos are slowly coming out. Wilkie Ferguson kicked off the night with "The Whole World has Evil." I think he channeled Screamin' Jay Hawkins for part of it. [embedplusvideo height="360" width="640" editlink="http://bit.ly/2NDeNRI" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/M9QUlsVVD5I?fs=1" vars="ytid=M9QUlsVVD5I&width=640&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep7942" /] Special thanks to the American Foundation for [...]
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 [...]
Human Race Theatre Going Around the World in 80 Days The Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, Ohio is producing my play Around the World in 80 Days. The show runs Feb 28 - March 17. If the production is as good as the marketing, it's going to be a smash hit! The Human Race Theatre has some of the best marketing I've ever seen. If you're in the Dayton, Ohio area, please stop by to see the show. The [...]
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 [...]
