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 * COMPOSER, SONGWRITER,
   
   AUTHOR, BLOGGER
   
   WITH A PASSION FOR STORY-TELLING.
   
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 * AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE BEEN A WRITER AND A COMPOSER. I PENNED MY
   FIRST SONG AT THE AGE OF SIX, A CLASSIC “I WANT” TUNE, WITH A LYRIC
   EXPRESSING A POWERFUL YEARNING TO ESCAPE THE BOUNDARIES OF AN EXISTENCE I
   FOUND OVERLY CONFINING. “GOOD-BYE FIRST GRADE,” IT BEGAN. “WE’RE GOING NOW/
   HELLO SECOND GRADE/ NEXT YEAR WE’LL BE SEEING YOU.” MY CLASS AT THE DALTON
   SCHOOL PERFORMED IT AT THE SCHOOL’S END-OF-YEAR GRADUATION CEREMONY, AND I
   GOT A TASTE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMPOSER. IN HINDSIGHT, THE WORDS WERE
   PROBABLY TOO ON-THE-NOSE, BUT THE MELODY WAS PRETTY CATCHY – YOU CAN HEAR IT
   IN THE NEW SONG, “RACEHORSE MASS,” FROM A MUSICAL I’M WRITING WITH ROBERTO
   AGUIRRE-SACASA (BOOK) AND MINDI DICKSTEIN (LYRICS) BASED ON PETE HAMILL’S
   WONDERFUL NOVEL, SNOW IN AUGUST.
   
    
   
   IN COLLEGE, MY AMBITIONS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE IDEA OF WRITING FICTION AND
   NON-FICTION. COLLEGE DIDN’T LAST (I LEFT HARVARD AFTER MY JUNIOR YEAR, IN
   FAVOR OF BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC), BUT WRITING HAS REMAINED A PART OF MY
   IDENTITY TO THIS DAY: I AM A COMPOSER, AND I AM A WRITER. ON A GOOD DAY,
   SOMETIMES I AM BOTH.
   
    
   
   IN THE END, IT’S ALL STORY-TELLING. WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT IN FILM AND TV, I
   PAID ALL SORTS OF DUES, MOSTLY IN THE SERVICE OF HELPING OTHER PEOPLE TELL
   THEIR STORIES. I WORKED ON SOME SIGNIFICANT CLUNKERS, PROJECTS WITH TITLES
   LIKE VAMPIRE KNIGHTS AND NO ONE COULD PROTECT HER (ORIGINAL TITLE: SHE
   CATCHES HER OWN RAPIST) THAT I WOULD HAVE PAID FRIENDS AND FAMILY NOT TO
   WATCH. I ALSO WORKED ON SOME WONDERFUL FILMS, LIKE LA STORY AND THE ONLY
   THRILL. MY FIRST OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL, ADRIFT IN MACAO, WAS DRIVEN BY
   CHRISTOPHER DURANG’S HYSTERICAL TAKE ON FILM NOIR, AND AFTER THAT CAME THE
   LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA, THE PRODUCT OF BILL RUSSELL’S FARCICALLY DYSPEPTIC
   IMAGINATION.
   
    
   
   THE PROJECTS I’M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW ARE MUCH CLOSER TO HOME. THE MUSICAL,
   SNOW IN AUGUST, IS ABOUT STANDING UP TO RACISM AND HATRED, ABOUT DOING THE
   RIGHT THING, ABOUT BELIEVING. THE MAY-JUNE ISSUE OF THE DRAMATIST INCLUDES AN
   ARTICLE I WROTE ABOUT RICHARD RODGERS (WHO WAS MY GRANDFATHER), FROM A DEEPLY
   PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE. IT’S PART OF A LARGER NON-FICTION BOOK ABOUT MY PARENTS
   AND THEIR FAMILIES. LOVE, LOSS… THE TRAUMA THAT RUNS THROUGH FAMILIES, AND
   THE POSSIBILITY OF HEALING FROM ALL THAT DAMAGE, ARE ALL TOPICS THAT SPEAK TO
   ME THESE DAYS. ALSO DEATH AND DYING. I’M TREMENDOUS FUN AT PARTIES…

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