Monthly Archives: November 2015
THE GLORIOUS RIDICULOUS HUMANITY OF MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA
11/19/15Let us now praise Michael John LaChiusa. One of my first jobs in New York was conducting The Petrified Prince at the Public, and so I walked into the Anspacher yesterday to see First Daughter Suite carrying twenty-one years of history with MJLC’s writing. I’ve always said he was the most dexterous of any of the lyricists in our loosely-connected gang of We-Were-On-Audra’s-First-CD writers, and that’s still true – on a technical level, he’s miles ahead of anyone else currently writing lyrics for musicals, not just cute rhymes but genuine wit and real character, serious understanding of how to useRead More »
SET LIST: CLOSING OUT THE 2015 SUBCULTURE RESIDENCY
11/4/15Last night, we closed out a year of fantastic concerts at SubCulture with a full-fledged stringstravaganza and a wonderful crop of singers. Rarities included a song that we cut during previews of 13 that I’ve never performed before; the song I wrote for my wedding (sung by one of the two singers who performed it that day twelve years ago!); and, at Rozz’s suggestion, a barn-burning rendition of a Bruno Mars song that apparently everyone in the world knew but me. Also last night, the debut of the two leads of the national tour of The Bridges of Madison County,Read More »