Songs And Musical Theater
all songs are compositions . . .
Earth Was The Dream (Lia Peros)
Tanya has arrived on the other side. Blissing out, but who is this guy? Wonderfully sung by the great Lia Peros, video production by Abbey Parcellin of Radwagon Productions. (See credits.)
Beautiful Flowers
This is an art song, sung diegetically in a period musical. The musical sensibility is more 1960s Henry Mancini but the harmonic and rhythmic materials were all available in 1928.
No Man's Land
Theo is a young, cross-dressing gay man in 1920s Wisconsin, coming to terms with his identity. He is alienated by the traditional "battle of the sexes" and seeking and not finding his place, yet.
Be Here With Me
Prompted by a key emottional moment in the play Marjorie Prime. Lyrics and music by me.
A Space In My Heart
A woman coming to terms with her childhood home. Modeled on Alan Menken's "Life I Never Led."
You Made It Look So Easy
A father reflecting on his late wife's parenting. "Stunningly beautiful" according to one longtime musical theater professional.
At The Movies
Theo singing of his escape from the harsh realities of life in everyday rural WI.
Regina Dorothea Dejeuner
Regina is the traveling director of Womanless Weddings. She is formidable, cultured, yet earthy. Not one to be messed with.