Lyric Samples
Click on a song title to be taken to a lyric sheet and audio clip (or, in one case,
a video clip).
(Scroll down for musical theater work.)
Get Him Off the Stage
An opening number. With apologizes to almost every opening number it satirizes.
New York City Breakdown
Another opening number. With back-up girls.
You Just See My Love
A quirky love ballad.
Love Refrains
A ballad about lost love.
F.O.: A Tender Bossa Nova Ballad
A different kind of ballad, after you thought about that lost love for a while.
Penguin Serenade
An ode to obsession . . . and animal noises.
Ewe Nork, Ewe Nork
Arrangement by Scott Patrick Wagner and Matthew Ward.
Making Love Alone (back-up arrangement)
Back-up girls again . . . being naughty.
I Feel Preppy (parody song)
Ah, the special material never gets old . . . no longer current, but never old.
Musicals
The Brainstorm
A one-act children's musical, about the importance of artistic expression. This project was originally commissioned by a theater in San Diego, with not-entirely-successful musicalization. I have retained book and lyrics, and currrently seek a new composer to remusicalize this work.
The Untitled New Musical-in-Progress
An original two-act musical, mixing psychological drama with a bit of metaphysics. You might call it a study of Subjective Reality, with lots of musical numbers. I am keeping details of this project off the website, as I search for a good-fit composer with whom to collaborate. Please contact me if you'd like more information.
Under My Skin: Cole Porter in Review
No, I didn't write the lyrics; His Greatness did (and the music too, as was his wont). But I wrote the book for this irreverent (and a little brazen) review.
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