November 3, 2009 – 3:24 pm
In time for our upcoming run of STRIKING 12 at Arena Stage, the excellent team at PS Classics will be printing up more copies of the CD – and inside will be special cards to allow you to download the new songs we’ve written for the show since that CD was released. We’ve been wanting [...]
We are delighted to announce that our brand-new album, SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES, is available as of today, March 31. Official street date is April 21, but you can get it right now, without even putting on your shoes.
For a physical copy of the CD, with beautiful 24-page booklet designed by Jeff Hardy and including all [...]
March 28, 2009 – 11:15 am
No glitches, no problems – they’re beautiful! We’ll load some boxes into the van in about an hour and start making our way toward Phoenixville, PA, where we’ll be playing a benefit concert tonight at the gorgeous Colonial Theatre, including approximately 8 songs from the CD. If you’re in the area, come join us and [...]
Val will be calling in to “The Lowdown” on WDVR Radio at 6:05 PM Eastern time today – Monday, March 23 – to talk with Victoria Ann Davis about our upcoming SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES concert in Princeton, NJ. Victoria will also spin some sneak preview tracks from the SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES CD. Listen at 89.7 [...]
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 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 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 [...]