Shows, shows, and more shows

Hi All,

So the past two weeks I have been busy attending a lot of different original musicals.  One of my favorites was called The Trouble with Words, which is a song cycle by an up and coming composer named Greg Nabours.  I got to meet Greg after the show and what a great guy! I honestly could see this show on Broadway, and the LA critics have compared his works to composers such as William Finn and Jason Robert Brown.  I look forward to hearing his music in the future.

Speaking of Jason Robert Brown, I actually met him and his wife Georgia a few nights ago at Disney Hall.  I was attending Eric Whitacre's new musical entitled Paradise Lost.   For those of you that aren't familar with Disney Hall it is this a one of a kind music hall located right in the middle of downtown LA.  It was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry and is one of the most gorgeous buildings (both inside and out) in all of LA.   As for the musical, it was very interesting.  It was about a group of angels that were abandoned, without wings, and their journey to find these wings.   The music was spectacular, (although I must say it was more of an opera than a musical) but the book needs some work. 

Then the past few days I attended a show called Lemonade, which was written by two high school seniors, and I must say that I was impressed.  And yesterday I saw a musical entitled Twist at the Pasadena Playhouse.   The Pasadena Playhouse is such a gorgeous theatre, the building was built by Spanish architecture design in 1926.  As for the musical, again it was great!  The composer Tena Clark and the director and choreographor Debbie Allen both hope to move the show to Broadway, and I could definately see that happening.

So that is just a very brief description of just a FEW of the shows I have seen in the past few weeks.  Besides seeing shows I continue to help coordinate The East Side Initative project for the festival as well as coordinating many other meetings and events.   My time here has flown by, and I can't believe I only have a little over a month left.  =(   However, I am excited as miss Sara Jensen will be flying in to see me this Thursday night!  =D   

Th th th that's it for now folks!