Remembering the gifted Ellen Schwartz with a link to a site her family put up

Remembering the brilliant, gifted writer Ellen Schwartz with a link to the site her family put up

Linking to a site celebrating the lyrics of our dear late friend Ellen Schwartz:
http://www.ellenschwartzandfriends.com/

Direct link to several of her shows:  A Cast Of Thousands, Come Up 'N See Me!, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Tangled Webs, The Trapped Family Singers
http://www.ellenschwartzandfriends.com/ellens-shows/


and some demo highlights from "TANGLED WEBS" which Ellen Schwartz co-wrote with Skip Kennon and Bill Connington based on a story by Fred Landau called WEBCAST:
http://www.ellenschwartzandfriends.com/tangled-webs

CAST for "TANGLED WEBS" demo recording: Rebecca Luker (singing the leading role of hopeful producer Jeanine Morgan), Ric Ryder (as her discovery and love interest Aaron Stephenson), William Parry (as devious above-the-title producer Jerry Bruckner) and Andrew Kober (as jealous right-hand man Charles), along with Jan Horvath (the diva Miranda Grey), Neal Mayer (critic Harrison Stone), Georga Osborne and Leenya Rideout (as best friends and show backers Cissie and Claudine, as well as ensemble).

Update on some of Skip's shows

Amazon listing for Skip's (and Ellen's and Tom's) show HERRINGBONE - starring BD Wong and directed by Roger Rees - which was released by Yellow Sound Label on December 2.

I think this Amazon link should work:

http://www.amazon.com/Herringbone-Concert-Recording-BD-Wong/dp/B00P9FC00Y

And HERRINGBONE was named one of 2014's Top Ten Cast Albums by Talkin Broadway in its Sound Advice column.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/january0815.html

Information on the musical VIVA MAX! (based on the novel by Jim Lehrer, book by Julie Miller & Fred Landau, music & lyrics by Skip Kennon) is here:

http://music-and-comedy.blogspot.com/2013/11/thanks-to-everyone-involved-in-our.html

Info on TANGLED WEBS (book by Bill Connington, music by Skip Kennon, lyrics by Ellen M. Schwartz, adapted from the short story "WebCast" by Fred Landau) - including links to synopsis and sound clips - is at:

http://tangled-webs-updates.blogspot.com/

BD's Herringbone CD is on Amazon, scheduled for Dec. 2 release on Yellow Sound Label

There is an Amazon listing for Skip's (and Ellen's and Tom's) show HERRINGBONE which says it will be released on December 2.

I think this link should work:
http://www.amazon.com/Herringbone-Concert-Recording-BD-Wong/dp/B00P9FC00Y

Tony Award-Winner BD WONG makes his solo CD debut in a unique concert recording of the demanding one man, Off-Broadway musical HERRINGBONE, in which Wong plays 12 characters who sing 14 songs. It was recorded live at a special event for Dixon Place in New York City. This is also the first recording of this marvelously spooky show by Skip Kennon (music), Ellen Fitzhugh (lyrics), & Tom Cone (book, based upon his play). In two acts, it was recorded with a live audience, and is presented in its entirety in a two CD digipak featuring photos from the production.

BD's Herringbone CD will launch in November, release should be late Nov / very early Dec.

BD wrote to the Kickstarter backers:
"I hope this finds you healthy and content. I am once again reporting about a new date for the launch of the Herringbone Concert CD.

The recording will launch on Tuesday, November 18th, 2014.

This has obviously been a project that has taken too long to complete, but Mike Croiter from Yellow Sound Label and I are now both very happy about this final date, and still very excited to share the recording with you and the world...  "

YouTube promo for Flashpoint's production of "Herringbone" in Philadelphia

Here's the YouTube link for the 2-minute promo video -
HERRINGBONE (July 2014 Philadelphia production) 
by Tom Cone, Skip Kennon & Ellen Fitzhugh
opened last night at Flashpoint Theatre
starring Ben Dibble as George Herringbone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXW0xaV3J7s

HERRINGBONE in Philly got a terrific review from Toby Zinman, the critic for the Inquirer, which seems to be the main paper for theater there.

Review: HERRINGBONE

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillystage/266924652.html

POSTED: SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014, 9:32 AM

By Toby Zinman

For the Inquirer

Flashpoint Theatre does it again: the second show of their summer
season (following their opener, Miz Martha) is a knockout, with Ben
Dibble giving a performance of stunning virtuosity. Herringbone is a
strange and compelling musical by anybody's standards...

I updated these entries on YouTube to keep the numbers more clear outside of their contexts than they had been.

 For material from the Kritzerland recording of The Last Starfighter (songs by Skip), see this blog at 

http://cadmus-music.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-link-for-last-starfighter-sound.html

Here are four songs that were written by Skip for the musical of TIME AND AGAIN:  

Link to "Fairy Tale Life" sung by Rebecca Luker & ensemble of 1880's New Yorkers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQJomzIbPZA

Link to "Time and Time Again" - sung by David Carroll & Janie Smulyan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28LS2ztGQo

Link to "Who Would Have Thought It?" sung by Donna Murphy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPKgKWi8AM

Link to "Welcome To Our World" - sung by Maggi-Meg Reed and Maureen Silliman & Janie Smulyan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFBRO4uKlU

And here are three songs that Skip wrote music for, which have other lyricists.

I ALMOST CRY, which Skip wrote with lyricist Ellen Fitzhugh, sung by Alix Korey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA7ZOXdtRzw   from BIG BLONDE musical

SMALL WORDS, a children's song/lullaby that Skip wrote with lyricist David Spencer, sung by Maureen Silliman & Jane Seaman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHgTp5ZqQvo

IF YOU LEAVE ME..., a comedy song Skip wrote with lyricist Amanda Green, sung by Jesse Tyler Ferguson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02NMbyRVDwY

And here's one written by Skip for the Disney DVD-Premiere-Award-winning sequel HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME PART 2

Link to YouTube for  "An Ordinary Miracle" - a ballad, sung by Tom Hulce as Quasimodo  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMwe_pqC8rc   




Update Nov. 2013 -
Information on the musical VIVA MAX! (based on the novel by Jim Lehrer, book by Julie Miller & Fred Landau, music & lyrics by Skip Kennon) is here:
http://music-and-comedy.blogspot.com/2013/11/thanks-to-everyone-involved-in-our.html

HERRINGBONE recording of the LaJolla - McCarter - Williamstown company

It's sounding great, but it looks like the release will be B.D. and Dan and company doing the whole show rather than just the songs - so until that recording of their tremendous live performance comes out, just email AOL address dylan43rd and we can email you two or three MP3 tracks from the demo  that was recorded some years back.  
(Playwrights Horizons had published the script in its anthology PLAYS FROM PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, not printed any more but seems to be available very reasonably on amazon and elsewhere.)