GUEST: Composer David Kirshenbaum 5 pm EST, Feb. 21, 2010

David Kirshenbaum has written the music and lyrics for Vanities, A New Musical (book by Jack Heifner) and Summer of '42 (book by Hunter Foster) off-Broadway, Party Come Here (book by Daniel Goldfarb) at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the holiday musical, Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (book by Myles McDonnell).

Regional theatres that have produced his work include Goodspeed Musicals (CT), TheatreWorks (CA), Casa Manana (TX), Round House Theatre (MD), and Pasadena Playhouse (CA). TV: "Johnny and the Sprites" (Disney Channel).

Grants: The Jonathan Larson Foundation and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

CDs: The original cast recordings of Vanities (Ghostlight Records) and Summer of '42 (JAY Records), as well as solo albums by Lauren Kennedy, Alice Ripley, and Kate Shindle.

Now: His show Party Come Here is in rehearsal for a March 2010 production at NYU, and he is currently writing his first two (non-musical) plays. David is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan.

BLOG: BAND GEEKS is Glee for Band Nerds

by Trish Causey

Thanks to the head's up by "Musical Theatre Talk" guest, Kathy Evans, we can keep our eyes peeled for info about a new show still in the workshop process but already making headlines. And if you love GLEE, you'll probably adore the new musical, Band Geeks.

Two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals announced that Band Geeks, the misfit hit of its 2009 Festival of New Artists, will get a second helping of nerd love next Spring at the Hartt School, part of the University of Hartford.

According to the Goodspeed Musicals' website:

"Enrollment is down, the budget is tight, and a cool new kid threatens tradition in the Cuyahoga High School Beavers Marching Band. Elliott, the husky tuba-playing band captain, must find a way to overcome his pride, unite this band of misfits, and help them win back their respect at the Festival of Champions!"

http://www.goodspeed.org/news.aspx?id=1426&year=2008

Band Geeks is scheduled to run at the Norma Terris Theatre from May 13 to June 6, 2010.

Sources:

http://hartford.broadwayworld.com/article/Goodspeed_Musicals_Presents_BAND_GEEKS_51263_20091125

http://www.goodspeed.org/news.aspx?id=1426&year=2008