Michael John LaChiusa

He may actually be seeing this....

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is my new favorite composer. His stuff is BRILLIANT!

That being said, I have no answer to your question.

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He didn't ask for his e-mail address, just for a way to contact him. Get over yourself.

But the vocal score. It's worth it.

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The Vocal score isn't widely published, but there are ways to get it. I would think that talking to LaChiusa might be the best way to do that. I think he'd be willing to give it out. If you can't find him and you absolutely need it, I know where you can get it. I'd rather have LaChiusa know about it first.


Oh wait!!! Edit!! I just realized this IS in the book. Seriously, go to amazon.com buy it used for 9.99 it really won't hurt you to have to whole thing. It's 10 bucks. It's less than a haircut...buy the damn book.

Updated On: 2/6/06 at 11:58 PM

I will have to say NO to that.

Marie Christine is brilliance beyond brilliance...BUT...The Wild Party may be easier to begin with.

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Oh.

Well, MC is more operatic, slower....seems more off-putting to people.

You should try HELLO AGAIN.

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what's Hello Again about. I'm going to the Virgin Megastore this weekend in Orlando, so I'm going to buy a few albums. I wanna get something LaChiusa because I haven't been open to him yet.

Well, after TWP (which actually took me some time to get into it...but now it is my favorite score, with Caroline, or Change).

I went on to MC. I didn't think I'd like it. Not really my style. Damn LaChiusa! One listen, all it took. I was hooked.

Hello Again was next. I enjoyed bits, but I just don't like the CD because of the way it is split up.

But, I bought the script to the show and followed along...it makes much more sense with the added dialogue and all. (Same with Marie Christine - reading the synopsis and lyrics included in the booklet.)

Next was, one I can't say.

Then came First Lady Suite. Not my favorite, to be honest. I enjoy it. Not like the other ones. I think it is something you need to experience live.

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Next was one you can't say?! WHat's that about. If at all possible go to the Lincoln Center Library and view Hello Again. It makes total sense and is a FABULOUS piece of theatre. It's so beautiful to me.

"I dont like "light" throw away type theater."

Trust me. None of LaChiusa's work is light, throw away theatre. (Maybe Petrified Prince....)

Even his opera - LOVERS & FRIENDS - his vocally operatic, but musically theatrical. Beautiful.

I wouldn't discourage MC at all, I would just also recommend the beauty of HELLO AGAIN. It starts off a bit slow. Sexy, but slow. But it really gets into it...and then when you go back to the beginning, it is just perfect.

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Hello Again is a musicalized adaptation of the play La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler (Hare's The Blue Room was a nonmusical adapation of La Ronde). But in LaChiusa's production, each scene involves Americans in different decades. The CD is excellent, though I wish there were a complete recording as there is a lot of wonderful material not included that truly shows the brilliance of the book and score. The last time I saw the show, I was surprised to discover there was an all-new Scene Eight (Silent Movie) which featured a new song for The Actress. If I remember correctly, it was a flapper-style number. I actually liked the Silent Movie sequence much better. I was lucky enough to play The Young Thing in a production of the show in 1996 and I was making discoveries of hidden gems in the score daily. It was a wonderful experience.

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