The Sweeney Effect
Posted on Oct 9, 2007
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Filed under: Composing, Current Work, Eros at Breakfast, Other People\'s Music, Sondheim
It had been years since I’ve looked at it, but I’ve had the vocal score of Sweeney Todd out for the past couple of weeks, having just seen the revival currently on at American Conservatory Theatre (extended for still one more week). Years ago I used to spend hours with this score, so it’s kind of like an old friend. Right now I don’t...
Read MoreSneak Peak: A scene from EROS AT BREAKFAST
Posted on May 21, 2007
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Filed under: Current Work, Eros at Breakfast, Musical Theater, Recording
As mentioned in my last post, the opening song from Eros at Breakfast was performed a couple of weeks ago, launching what I hope will be a series of similar informal performances as the pieces start coming together. It has occurred to me that it’s relatively easy to also document this work-in-progress on video, and so we got back together over the weekend...
Read MoreActors' Tiny Decisions
Posted on May 10, 2007
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Filed under: Acting, Current Work, Eros at Breakfast, Musical Theater, Recording
Last year I wrote a little something about the relationship between dramatic composing and acting. I just had a great experience working with an actor, so now there’s more to say. I’m reminded that, in writing a musical theater piece, you’re never going to be “finished” until you involve actors in the process. Every so often, a...
Read MoreMeet EROS AT BREAKFAST
Posted on Feb 26, 2007
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Filed under: Current Work, Eros at Breakfast, Musical Theater
In the last two posts, I alluded to the musical I’m currently working on and expect to finish within a few months. The musical adaptation of Robertson Davies’ one-act play Eros At Breakfast began almost by accident about two years ago when playwright/performer Janet Roitz mentioned the play in the course of a conversation we were having. It turns out...
Read More"Musical" ≠ "Broadway"
Posted on Feb 24, 2007
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Filed under: Broadway, Current Work, Eros at Breakfast, Musical Theater, Opera, Sondheim
I get into such trouble with this stuff: I’m a classical composer who wants to write musicals; I’m a theater composer with Uptown training whose music is weird, unpredictable and unnecessarily difficult. In classical circles, it’s OK, actually. As far as I know, I haven’t been judged negatively because there are musicals in my bio, but in my head at...
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