JUL 23, 2010 – MURDER FOR TWO opens at the Adirondack Theatre Festival!
The two-person killer musical is back, in its first full production, from July 22 – 28!
JUL 14, 2010 – WE THE PEOPLE opens at Lucille Lortel
My song “The First Amendment” appears in the new musical WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS! … and even gets a shout-out from Theatremania!
“It’s Adam Overett’s ode to “The First Amendment” that may be the outstanding piece in the eight-number score.” — Theatremania (full review here)
Photo by Joan Marcus
Rock out with America’s original “boy band,” The Founding Fathers! Join Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Franklin as they trade in their powdered wigs for power chords to help an ambitious teen. On a quest to win her school election, Dawn cares more about padding her college applications than making her school a better place. With the help of these Fab Four, she discovers that “We the People” have the power to raise a patriotic ruckus and make a difference! Jon Stewart meets the Jonas Brothers in the world premiere of WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS!, a hip new musical for the whole family.
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JUN 20, 2010 – “Leaving St. Urbain Street”
Check out the Voice page for the recording of me singing this new song by Alan Menken and David Spencer from their musical THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ, to be released by Sh-K-Boom on their CD of new musical theater writers, “No More Revivals” — also featuring my song “My Sky,” performed by Stephanie J. Block (on the Writing page)!
JUN 11, 2010 – SUPREMA reading at New Dramatists
I play Captain Lance Trainor, a comic-book pilot hero, in this reading of the new musical SUPREMA at New Dramatists, directed by Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation), with book/lyrics by Jordan Harrison and music/lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik. Starring Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel), Kerry O’Malley (Into the Woods, White Christmas), Kathy Voytko (The Pirate Queen, Nine), Betsy Wolfe (Everyday Rapture), and others, SUPREMA tells the story of William Moulton Marston, the man who invented the character Wonder Woman … and also lived in a polyamorous relationship with two women … and whose research on lie detection led to the development of the polygraph. Who knew?!
JUL 14, 2010 – WE THE PEOPLE premieres at Lucille Lortel Theatre!
My song “The First Amendment” will appear in this new Theatreworks USA musical, running from July 8 to August 13 at the Lortel Theatre!
From the TWUSA website: Rock out with America’s original “boy band,” The Founding Fathers! Join Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Franklin as they trade in their powdered wigs for power chords to help an ambitious teen. On a quest to win her school election, Dawn cares more about padding her college applications than making her school a better place. With the help of these Fab Four, she discovers that “We the People” have the power to raise a patriotic ruckus and make a difference! Jon Stewart meets the Jonas Brothers in the world premiere of WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS!, a hip new musical for the whole family.
MAY 20, 2010 – BMI Smoker at the Actor’s Temple Theatre
Nicole Lewis (HAIR, LENNON) performs my song “A Singer Prepares,” a k a “Nothin’ Goin’ On Inside,” from my triptych of songs THE DOUBLE-THREAT TRIO (for an actor who can’t dance, a singer who can’t act, and a dancer who can’t sing) at this annual concert representing BMI’s “greatest hits” of the year. Check out this song, and the other two from THE DOUBLE-THREAT TRIO, on my Song Store page!