Okay, this officially counts as playing hooky.  I’ve got a song to write for the State Farm show, four vocal arrangements to finish, orchestrations to sketch, a synopsis for another project I’m working on, a new scene for “13” to write, and I’m going to London in a week to work with the “Last FiveRead More »

I have, in my time, been somewhat controversial (by the fairly boring standards of Broadway composers), and so I knew trouble was in the air when Melinda Saber asked: What do you think of this year’s Tony noms? but I did watch the show tonight, and I did say I would try to answer whateverRead More »

I’m back from my French Woods reunion, where I learned the somewhat astonishing fact that in twenty years, none of us got fat, none of us went bald, and none of us lost our voices. Also, we all seem to have hooked up with pretty hip people and had absolutely adorable children. There must haveRead More »

Thank you all so much for writing back, please keep it up!  I think this website works best when it’s a collaboration between me and the readers, and this blog is the most obvious example of that.  All right, back to the questions! Mindy Cimini writes: I had the pleasure of seeing “Wicked” when it wasRead More »

Talking about my first years in New York City. (Also, is anyone reading these? Drop me a comment or something, for Christ’s sake, I feel like I’m howling into a vacuum out here.) Benjamin Goldstein writes: I’m moving to Toronto soon to sort of pursue things in a piano bar/first CD sort of way andRead More »