October 28, 2008 – 12:40 pm
I’m at the Beehive Coffeehouse, one block from City Theatre, obsessing about a potential cut in Act One. This convenient and friendly little eatery has become my default Pittsburgh “office” (since they have wireless internet access and the theatre doesn’t); the only downside is the staggering number of cranberry muffins I’ve polished off here while [...]
October 28, 2008 – 12:10 pm
Tonight is opening night! As promised, here is the final song of the show. After a relationship of more than fifty years, HOPE has become gravely ill, and CHARLES can’t bear the thought of losing her. Through the course of this duet, they both come to terms with the inevitable.
LONG STORY SHORT demo #15: “Letting [...]
October 22, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Happy 2-song Wednesday! Both of today’s new songs are FREE for download. (As of next week the whole 15-track collection will be available for $10.)
We catch up with HOPE and CHARLES in their seventies. Charles has just complained about various physical aspects of aging, and is having trouble believing that Hope still finds him attractive. [...]
October 20, 2008 – 1:11 pm
I’m sitting in the darkened theater, marveling at the glory of the finished set and how glowingly beautiful it looks under the lights. (Our director Tracy has started to call it “the floating jewel box.”) We are into tech, which means very long days - today is 11:30 AM to 11:30 PM - and our [...]
October 15, 2008 – 4:08 pm
Happy 2-song Wednesday! After a tumultuous quarter-century of marriage, children and an acrimonious breakup, we rejoin CHARLES and HOPE as they tentatively start dating each other again. Older and wiser, they resolve to do a better job this time.
LONG STORY SHORT demo #11: “Introductions, Fragile As Love Reprise”
October 14, 2008 – 1:20 pm
Brendan and Val joined KDKA’s “Pittsburgh Today Live” to talk about the show and sing “It Happens In A Moment.”
To see the video, click here.
October 14, 2008 – 12:46 pm
We’ve settled into the vibrant South Side of Pittsburgh, where we are living and working all month until our opening night on October 29. We’re right in the heart of this extremely lively neighborhood; from the lovely new City Theatre loft apartments where we and our actors are staying, we can hear Steelers fans cheering [...]
October 8, 2008 – 10:00 am
Moving along through Act II of our little love story: although they are legally separated, CHARLES has been surreptitiously coming in to HOPE’s apartment when she’s gone and watering the plants. He wants to be in their room, though he knows it’s probably a bad idea…and he finds himself irresistibly drawn back, time after time.
LONG [...]
September 30, 2008 – 11:02 pm
When we last left HOPE and CHARLES, their relationship had disintegrated into bitterness and rancor after more than two decades of marriage. We’re now at the top of Act II; more time has gone by, our heroes have been legally separated for a while, and HOPE feels ready once again to brave the dating world.
LONG [...]
September 24, 2008 – 7:48 am
As creators of a brand-new musical, we reserve the right to keep reworking some things. Therefore, since we’re rewriting a little portion of Act I, we’re going to skip over our early draft of that section and go right to the end of the act. Julia is all grown up and out of the house, [...]