Had a great time last week making demos of seven new songs of the new musical "The Moon in Autumn" that I'm writing with Richard Ouzounian (Richard is writing the book and lyrics, I'm composing the music). We were lucky to get the cream of the crop of Canadian musical theatre talent, and with the [...]
It's been a great fall. I spent a lot of time catching up on all those things I left behind after a marathon of writing that started the summer before last ( you know... taxes and such). Also got started on some exciting new projects and continued to work on others- including a new song [...]
The Cast of the Naming of Port Rexton Look at all those beautiful people!! There is an unwritten rule in musical theatre (actually, it's probably been written down a few times as well), "Thou shalt not write a large cast show. At least not if you want the show to be produced." What [...]
Laura Caswell, Lisa Horner, Mary Pitt and Mark Allen.Photo by Mark Girdauskas. The world premiere of Bingo Ladies opened in Port Stanley this July 1oth, and I've had the opportunity to see the show three times since then. Part of that is doing my playwright/composer work (should that line be cut? Hmm...) but [...]
Had the opportunity to spend a week at rehearsals of the new musical I've written, "The Naming of Port Rexton" with Rising Tide Theatre in Trinity Newfoundland. The show is about the naming of what was once the town of Ship Cove (and the neighbouring Robin Hood), which in 1910 needed a new name. With two [...]
It's a summer of new musical theatre. First, in late spring (well, that's almost summer) we had the workshop through Sheridan College of the new musical "The Moon in Autumn". I'm composing the music for this new musical based on Uncle Vanya by Chekhov, with Richard Ouzounian writing the lyrics and book. We're both so pleased [...]
I've had a great time in Calgary. I was around for the opening of "Touch Me", got to attend rehearsals for my one act musical "Bingo Ladies" (one night, Bingo Ladies was opening and Touch me was closing- a first to have two productions running at the same time!), and of course the chance to [...]
There's a great show coming up in Calgary that I'm very excited to have a song included in. TOUCH ME will include songs by Joe Slabe as well as other musical theatre writers from across Canada (like myself) about how technology affects or relationships (for better or worse!). The song I've written, "Just an Old [...]
A few years ago this website started up and I was an actor who was putting out a Singer/Songwriter album. Now, it seems that I've transitioned again, this time into the world of Musical Theatre writing. I am so happy to have a work included in the launch of the Canadian Musical Theatre Writers Collective, [...]
2014 seems like it will be a banner year. There will be two productions of the musical I've written, Bingo Ladies, one running April 28th - May 17th at Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary, the other July 9th to 26th at the Port Stanley Festival Theatre in Ontario. What's Bingo Ladies about? Here's the write up [...]