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Annie took
Twenty years, Hamilton Ten years. Musicals are
tricky things that make them so entertaining: music, lyrics, story,
set, costumes, and choreography must be perfectly balanced and
modulated.
Professor J Laurence Lowenstein,
after directing ninety shows at Brookdale Community College (twenty
of them musicals) decided to write one of his own. After getting the
main idea from a tabloid article, he found a composer and director
and had a staged reading to see if the piece worked. it did.
Next was a two-week workshop that
worked even better. The musical was a finalist in the Eugene O Neill new musicals
festival. After
another staged reading at Two RiverTheater, Axelrod presented a full
production that made the creatives very happy. But they were not
through. Two new songs were added. Things that did not work went out
and new things went in.
We'd like to invite theater lovers
interested in the creative process to hear Larry discuss his
journey with brief excerpts from the Axelrod production plus Broadway
performers singing the new songs.
Admission is free and
Lunch will be complimentary following the program.
Donations Welcome to
Help Support Axelrod New Works Projects.
Funding Made Possible through The
NJ Theater Alliance.
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