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. [...]
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, [...]
September 23, 2008 – 9:56 am
Ok … truth be told … there was only one blister, which is healing nicely, as are my knuckles and arms. But my weekend in the studio recording drum parts for our upcoming “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” record was a whirlwind for me. We are currently planning on 18 tracks on the record (note: things often [...]
September 17, 2008 – 6:55 am
We’re skipping over a little portion of the show here. What happens between the previous song and this one is: HOPE and CHARLES have a son named Buddy, who dies in an accident. After this tragic event and subsequent low period in their relationship, they are eventually ready to try again. They have a daughter [...]
September 10, 2008 – 8:42 am
Happy 2-song Wednesday! After the initial rise and fall of CHARLES and HOPE’s relationship (HOPE has left CHARLES, amateur historian and coffee-shop clerk, out of insecurity/misunderstandings/perceived incompatibility, and he is bereft), CHARLES does his best to get her back. LONG STORY SHORT demo #5: “Fragile As Love” LONG STORY SHORT demo #6: “Unpacking The Suitcase” [...]
September 9, 2008 – 7:32 am
Since closing night in May 2007 of the first production of SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES in LA, we’ve been wanting to make a GrooveLily album of songs from the show. Many of you (especially people we met by the stage door at the Kirk Douglas Theatre after a performance of SBW) have asked us about it [...]
September 3, 2008 – 8:44 am
As we release our 15 home demos each week, leading up to Pittsburgh opening night on October 29, there will be several 2-song Wednesdays; today is the first. Something helpful to know about this show, and about the play it’s based on (“An Infinite Ache” by David Schulner): there are sudden, frequent jumps forward in [...]
August 27, 2008 – 8:02 am
Okay, here’s demo #2. Thanks so much for all your great feedback on #1. To quell any vestigial confusion, let me reiterate that we are *strictly* the writers on LONG STORY SHORT: the characters are an Asian woman and a Jewish man, to be played by the wonderful actors Pearl Sun and Ben Evans. We [...]
August 20, 2008 – 8:51 am
So here’s something we’ve never done before – we’re releasing home demo tapes as we make them. We begin with a collection of home demos from LONG STORY SHORT – Brendan and Val’s brand new 2-person musical premiering in Pittsburgh and Palo Alto this fall. The recordings will appear here song by song *every Wednesday* [...]