Adapted by : Joe Landry Music by: Kevin Connors Royalties: Playscripts Synopsis: The Charles Dickens holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with vintage commercials for fruitcake (extra-fancy), and the magic of live sound effects and musical underscoring. A handful of actors bring dozens of characters to the stage, as the… Read more »
Play Review
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play
Adapted by: Joe Landry Royalties: Playscripts Synopsis: This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. Rating: Language-All… Read more »
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Royalties: R&H Theatricals Synopsis: The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father’s favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to… Read more »
Evita
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Royalties: R&H Theatricals Synopsis: Argentina’s controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic musical masterpiece. As an illegitimate fifteen year old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the president’s… Read more »
White Christmas
Book: David Ives & Paul Blake Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin Royalties: R&H Theatricals Synopsis: Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance… Read more »
Whistle Down the Wind
Book: Patricia Knop, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gale Edwards Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Jim Steinman Royalties: R&H Theatricals Synopsis: Based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell and subsequent Richard Attenborough-produced film, Whistle Down the Wind follows the fortunes of a fugitive caught between the prejudice of adults and the innocence of the young. Andrew Lloyd… Read more »
Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know
Book: Barry Creyton, Lesley Davison, Nick Santa Maria, & Stan Freeman Music: Andy Fieger, Dave Frishberg, Denis Markell, Douglas Bernstein, Glen Kelly, Jay Leonhart, Lesley Davison, Michael Brown, Murray Grand, Nick Santa Maria, & Stan Freeman Lyrics: Dave Frishberg, Denis Markell, Douglas Bernstein, Francesca Blumenthal, Glen Kelly, Jay Leonhart, Lesley Davison, Michael Brown, Murray Grand,… Read more »
Company
Book: George Furth Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Royalties: Music Theatre International (MTI) Synopsis: On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor, Robert, contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends – “those good and crazy people [his] married friends” – explain the… Read more »
Fiorello
Book: George Abbot & Jerome Weidman Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Royalties: Music Theatre International (MTI) Synopsis: With crooked double-crossers and manipulators working the political puppets, “Tammany Hall” is in desperate need of an honest man to snip the strings. With guts and perseverance, Fiorello is just the man to put a bright, new… Read more »
Children of Eden
Book: John Caird Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Royalties: Music Theatre International (MTI) Synopsis: From musical theatre greats, Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith… not to mention centuries of unresolved family business! An expansive and ambitious musical, the original production used a cast of sixty…. Read more »