I’m all set to return to regular blogging after this insane year, but the season calls for a special entry: The JRB Holiday Gift List! (Of course you don’t really need this list, since you’ve already done all your holiday shopping. Right?) The true JRB fanatic wouldn’t want to live without these fantastic bits ofRead More »

(The first part of this epic can be read here.) I’ve been avoiding finishing this story, it occurs to me, because I can’t assign blame as easily as I’d like. I think I’ve learned over these last twelve years that some projects just aren’t going to play out well, and The Moneyman was ultimately oneRead More »

In any composer’s official biography, by which I mean the self-written essay which is included in the Playbill or inside the press kit or on the website, it is customary to include a list of upcoming projects, and starting in 1996, my bio always mentioned something called The Moneyman or The Moneyman Dances or someRead More »

I’ve spent the last four days writing the opening number to Honeymoon In Vegas. You would think that at this point in the process, three years after we started working on the show, we’d have the opening taken care of. That would be nice. In fact, this represents either the fourth or fifth completely differentRead More »

I’m in the house today making rehearsal tapes for the cast members of the really exciting production of Songs for a New World that we’re doing next month, and it put me in mind of the origins of some of this material. It’s a fascinating process for me now, listening to these songs, because theyRead More »