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Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee ShimonRecorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee ShimonComplete with intrigue, silliness and a richly melodic score, Adrift in Macao is not your mother’s film noir. Describing the style of this musical parody, librettist Christopher Durang states, “Film noir makes people think of evil femme fatales like Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, and...Upcoming Productions
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Beyond wrongdoing, beyond right, There is a field, Rumi’s Field, It’s far past hate and black and white, And I will meet you there. Facts are facts, what’s true is true. But I know different facts from you. And when this bloody day is through, We’ll meet in Rumi’s Field. (...Book by Chantal Bilodeau Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Music by Peter Melnick Alight, Arise, Return is a musical based loosely on the history of the Cottingley Fairies. In 1917 in Cottingley, England, two girls who were cousins took photographs of what they claimed were real fairies. The photos...Book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Music by Peter Melnick Snow in August is a musical based on the Pete Hamill novel of the same name. Set in 1947 Brooklyn, Snow tells the story of Michael Devlin, a Catholic altar boy whose father died in the war fighting the Nazis,...Other Theater and Dance Works
(Paul Mellon Art Centre, Wallingford, CT, 2010) Adapted from the Virginia Morricone short story, “Simple Arithmetic” Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell Music and additional lyrics by Peter Melnick(Loeb Experimental Theatre, Harvard University, 1984 and LA Festival, 1990) Inspired by Chinese Bronze Age courtship poetry Starring: Andrea Burke Original concept by Peter Melnick and Paul Warner Music: Peter Melnick Director: Paul Warner(RAPP Art Centre, NYC 1990) by William Shakespeare Starring: Max Cantor Music: Peter Melnick Director: Paul WarnerMUSICAL THEATER and DANCE
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