Werdz!
As a newspaper feature writer in the 90s, I cranked out many a puff piece and travelogue, likewise many a theatre and restaurant review. Even some actual reportage.
I left the newsroom to become an ad agency “writer/strategist” and that gig lasted about two Earth orbits around the sun. Which brings us to “Pimp My Reality,” the ufology column I wrote for Technorati.com, not to be confused with any of the plays that I wrote and scored for kids. Eight are listed below.
You can read a magazine-style sample of my work by clicking here: “Confessions of a Facebook Fraud.”
Beowulf
Written for teachers concerned with “teaching to the standards”. Though not a musical, it does feature a balladeer. (Audio: balladeer’s dance)
Script | Lead sheets | mp3 (“Scop dance”)
Rudolph Rides Again
A bitter, cranky Rudolph is called out of retirement to save Christmas from the new breed of reindeer. But Rudolph has a secret fear.
Script | Lead sheets | mp3 (“Quality Sells”)
Humbug!
Practically Peter Pan
The Prince and the Pauper
Twain’s original lacked a gypsy cannibal character named Drop Dead Dorothy. I added that back in. (Audio: in praise of his majesty’s feet)
Script | Lead sheets | mp3 (“His Majesty’s Feet”)
Oliver Twist, With a Twist
Baillie’s Babes In Toyland
RG’s Romeo & Juliet
This adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy has caused plenty of weeping in public school cafetoriums across the Southeast.
Script