A little history...

After having workshopped tons of other peoples new musicals, we - arrogantly? foolishly? - felt we could write our own. Little did we know...

I'd written a song with my old band - Standing - that was a passionate story about love lost, and very much in an old school, 60's rhythm and blues style. Seemed the perfect jumping off point for a new musical, with an unconventional musical theatre style of music. Ironically, the song that started this whole thing ended up not in the show, LOL! (sidebar: I wrote a lot (20?) songs that didn't make the cut. As they say; "kill your babies".) But we ended up with a script and songs and put up a reading for friends and family and had a tremendous response. And then the real work started. Re-writes, notes, private readings, notes, re-writes. We worked it and worked it and eventually got it in front of some producers (on our 3rd or 4th public reading of our 10th or 12th draft?) who ran with it. They hired a professional dramaturge - who kicked our ass - and put a real workshop together for us. Great people, great experience. But, after lot's of almosts/not quite/bad timing the rights reverted back to us two years ago.

Cut to a random conversation with the lovely and talented Jason Weiss;
Jason: Why don't you do it here?
Larry:  Here? Where here?
Jason: Here at Theatre of Arts - at the Arena
Larry: I don't undertand?
Jason: I love your show and I'm running the acting school here - we'd love to ramp up our theatre program....
Larry: ........
Jason: Larry?

After I pulled my jaw off the floor we continued the discussion. Came up with a plan. Made a deal. And now we're "putting it together..."