#1
Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:23pm
This may seem like an odd thing to post here, but given the demographic on BWW, it makes more sense to put it here than, say, on craigslist, so here goes:
It’s been many years since the BMI workshop; I’ve lost touch with most of my colleagues from those days and I suspect I’m probably one of the few of us who’s even still doing this (or trying to). Frankly, I miss the sense of community — of just hanging out socially with people who share my professional leanings. NYC is a lousy place to meet people to begin with, and it’s that much harder when you’re also a little bit of a nerd (which, let’s face it, most of us kind of are). And even harder when you’re a bit of a nerd about something so … well, let’s be generous, and say “not exactly widely loved and respected by the population at large.”
So I’m throwing out a line, here. I’d like to meet some of you who are seriously, actively involved in the creation of new musical theater works. Lyricists, composers, librettists, etc. Let’s start here, and if it seems like anyone’s interested, make it a point meet in real life and talk shop. Or not talk shop. We can talk about other things. Heck, we’re people. We have lives and other interests. We can not talk at all, and just see a movie or have a cup of coffee, or go to the Chaos and Classicism exhibit at the Guggenheim or (in, what 296 days or so?) start watching Mad Men again. But we’d be doing it with other people who have some inkling of what it is that we actually do with our lives, and who don’t find it baffling or nutty. Or who DO find it baffling and nutty, but who can at least relate.
Personally, I’m a playwright and lyricist/librettist with a couple of small productions on my résumé. Outside of musical theater, I love architecture and design, walking, hiking, cooking, museums, reading, non-theater music (TMBG, Tony Bennett, Jonathan Coulton, Neutral Milk Hotel, Michael Penn, The Mountain Goats, Jeffrey Lewis, Magnetic Fields, Leonard Cohen, Mary Margaret O’Hara, The Weakerthans, The Decembrists — I’m nothing if not flexible), and yes, I am a big giant Dr. Who geek, but other than that I’m pretty normal.
How about you?
It’s been many years since the BMI workshop; I’ve lost touch with most of my colleagues from those days and I suspect I’m probably one of the few of us who’s even still doing this (or trying to). Frankly, I miss the sense of community — of just hanging out socially with people who share my professional leanings. NYC is a lousy place to meet people to begin with, and it’s that much harder when you’re also a little bit of a nerd (which, let’s face it, most of us kind of are). And even harder when you’re a bit of a nerd about something so … well, let’s be generous, and say “not exactly widely loved and respected by the population at large.”
So I’m throwing out a line, here. I’d like to meet some of you who are seriously, actively involved in the creation of new musical theater works. Lyricists, composers, librettists, etc. Let’s start here, and if it seems like anyone’s interested, make it a point meet in real life and talk shop. Or not talk shop. We can talk about other things. Heck, we’re people. We have lives and other interests. We can not talk at all, and just see a movie or have a cup of coffee, or go to the Chaos and Classicism exhibit at the Guggenheim or (in, what 296 days or so?) start watching Mad Men again. But we’d be doing it with other people who have some inkling of what it is that we actually do with our lives, and who don’t find it baffling or nutty. Or who DO find it baffling and nutty, but who can at least relate.
Personally, I’m a playwright and lyricist/librettist with a couple of small productions on my résumé. Outside of musical theater, I love architecture and design, walking, hiking, cooking, museums, reading, non-theater music (TMBG, Tony Bennett, Jonathan Coulton, Neutral Milk Hotel, Michael Penn, The Mountain Goats, Jeffrey Lewis, Magnetic Fields, Leonard Cohen, Mary Margaret O’Hara, The Weakerthans, The Decembrists — I’m nothing if not flexible), and yes, I am a big giant Dr. Who geek, but other than that I’m pretty normal.
How about you?
