Into the Woods – Synth beware
I mentioned in a previous post how it felt that the PC Score and Synth books had significantly been altered from the earliest versions. A little background. I played one…
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June 11, 2019
Disaster the Musical
It’s a Disaster !
Here's the ptich. Let's take all those Disaster Films from the 70's (Irwin Allen) etc... You know ....Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Earthquake to name a few. We're going to add…
June 11, 2019
Heathers – This musical kills me
I mean in a good way... Several years ago I was fortunate to see this dark comedy at New World Stages. It was irreverently close to the Christian Slater/Winona Ryder…
February 23, 2019
Into The Woods – oh my….
I've been lucky enough to have played and conducted this show many times. Like most Sondheim works, it takes a fairly high level of skill from vocalists and musicians to…
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February 23, 2019
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney: Mainstage part deux
Fortunate to do very different back to back versions of Sondheim’s masterpiece. Privileged to work with some of the areas finest singers and actors. I won’t single any out as…
January 20, 2019
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol: Ghosts of Orchestrations past.
So, this is a gem of a show that was produced at Madison Square Gardens for many years. It features a lavish Menken score. The original productions had very large…
December 30, 2018
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney: Differences between Original and High School Version
So Sweeney Todd the High School version was much better than anticipated. I must admit when I heard that there was a student edition, many things started to pop through…
November 30, 2018