Tag: musical
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In Production: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
I’m excited to bring this small cast musical to life this April. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s a terrific Broadway musical which captures the spunky insouciance of the beloved Charles M. Shultz characters known collectively as Peanuts. This particular musical, the revised version, focuses on 6 characters: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Sally, Schroeder, Linus,…
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RLT Musical Revue Poster
Here’s an advance copy of our new RLT Musicial Revue poster. This unique show has 21 different songs and/or short theatrical musicals ranging from 1 minute to 10 minutes. We have a troupe of 22 singers and dancers who have been working feverously to get this show ready. And ready, we are not! At least…
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Previewing (Actually)Tales of Wonder
My new show is called “Tales of Wonder,” but there is a drama medley in the show also called “Tales of Wonder.” Yes, I get the show name from that. What’s a drama medley? I don’t know. I just made it up. It’s three dramatic sketches wrapped around an original song which holds them all…
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“I Got Me a Girl”: Lyrics and Video from “A Tad of Trouble”
It’s no secret that I love writing lyrics. Here’s a particularly fun song from our recent musical. Lyrics below and a Youtube video of our opening night performance. Enjoy! “I Got Me a Girl” Lyrics by Mark W Sasse Music by Hui Min Tang & Mark W Sasse Oh, I got me a wish that…
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Ten Reasons My Re-staging was Better than the Original
I don’t know how many times a director or an artist gets to re-produce one of their own works. I did recently – re-staging my musical “A Tad of Trouble.” I wanted to make it better – much better than the original. And here’s 10 reasons why I think I succeeded: 1. Plot holes plugged…
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2:08 – A record (plus lyrics for a new song)
We had our first of three all day Saturday rehearsals before the big show. It also signified the first time we did a complete run-through, which is always a big deal, and I’m happy to report that the show will go on! Actually, for a first run-through, it was quite superb – not for how…
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Our Photoshoot: “A Tad of Trouble”
We had our drama photo-shoot a couple days ago, graciously done by the talented Matt Brandon. A huge thanks to Matt for his time and generosity for doing these. Please check out Matt’s website The Digital Trekker. I’ll post a few of the photos here to help us all visualize the story of “A Tad of…
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Jumping Deep into My Next Musical
I’m producing and directing an original musical entitled “A Tad of Trouble.” I originally wrote the book and music to it back in 2008 with a group of students. We produced it in 2009 to very favorable reviews. For the past couple of years, I’ve been wanting to re-do it. To make it better. To…
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