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MARION ADLER
Nationality: USA
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Marion Adler is an actress, a singer and an award-winning lyricist whose work has been seen across Canada, the United States and Europe. Adler starred as The Blonde in the off-Broadway premiere of her own musical Gunmetal Blues (written with her husband, Scott Wentworth, and composer, Craig Bohmler), and in subsequent productions in the United States and Canada. Gunmetal Blues is published by Samuel French and, since 1992, has had hundreds of productions. In 1996, Adler's second musical Enter the Guardsman (again written with her husband and composer Craig Bohmler) was the winner of a first-ever international award for Musical of the Year in Denmark and was produced in England in 1997 at London's Donmar Warehouse where it received two Olivier Award nominations including Best New Musical. In 2001-2002 Enter the Guardsman was the most produced new musical in American regional theater including a full season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2000, Adler was a winner of one of the richest prizes available to an artist in the United States, the $100,000 Kleban award, for her body of work as a lyricist.
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All the More To Love Ballad Of Little Pinks Gunmetal Blues How To Make A Musical Pets!All the More To Love
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"all the More To Love" the dress shop for the outsize woman (and male cross dresser). the clients - the opera diva - they wont let the fat lady sing. the oil rig worker finding his feminine side. and the spinster who ends up in an MGM Musical
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Music by Craig Bohmler; lyrics by Marion Adler; book by Marc Jacobs
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Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
2010
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by Connie Grappo; Music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Marion Adler. Based on A short story by Damon Runyan
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Top of PageGunmetal Blues
Who murdered adrian Wasp? Carol Indigo the party girl with a secret or Laura Vesper the girl with a past or the "Princess". Private eye Sam Galahad must find out.
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book by Scott Wentworth, lyrics by Marion Adler music by Craig Bohmler
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Amas Musical Theater, New York
1989
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Revival cast recording: Laguna Playhouse (LML CD 115) 1999
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How to Make a Musical is a tuneful, dazzling farce that shows us how musicals can change the everyday mundane to magical moments! The Professor, our musical guide, is going to teach "How to Make a Musical." He picks Chris, a "random" student, out of the audience and takes him through a day at his school, showing him each scene both as it would be in real life and how it would be played in a musical. Chris arrives at school and bumps into Jessica. Their dialogue is nothing unusual, but, when repeated in song ("Why Didn't I See You Before?"), phrases like "Whatcha do last night?" become fraught with subtext. Catholic Chris is in love with Jewish Jessica, whose parents can't forgive him for losing control of his car and wrecking her brother's bar mitzvah. Jessica is drawn to Chris' nemesis, Bruno, the school quarterback. When the Professor says it is time for the "I want" number, Chris bursts into "What I Want Is the Girl," vowing to win Jessica against all odds. The Professor introduces our "Character Couple": Monica, the school reporter, and Julian, the science nerd. They detest each other, so, of course, they are destined to end up together ("Fall in Love"). Next, we see all five students in class with the Professor. The subject, Great Lovers Through History, is explored in that musical comedy staple, the list song ("Great Lovers Score"). Bruno declares he will get Jessica, score the touchdown and become a Jew to please her parents& all today after school! Chris is heartbroken, but the Professor explains that conflict is necessary in a musical. Bruno is on the football field, annihilating the competition; Jessica is cheerleading, and Chris is in the bleachers with Julian and Monica ("The Big Game"). Monica notices Bruno has a rabbi waiting in the end zone so that Bruno can become a Jew as soon as he scores the winning point. Unbeknownst to Chris, Bruno had sabotaged Chris' brake cables the day of the bar mitzvah. This blatant plot device is explained by the Professor in a lecture onwhat else?plot devices. Chris exposes Bruno, accidentally scores the touchdown himself, wins Jessica, and gains her parents' approval. An ordinary-into-extraordinary day is yours in this fun, irreverent musical.
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Music by Craig Bohmler; lyrics by Marion Adler; book by Marc Jacobs
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Musical satire
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Sparkling. . .glorious. . .a winner! (Channel 5/Fox News, NY) This critically acclaimed musical review consists of 22 musical scenes dealing with the very special relationship between people and their pets. It's clever, user-friendly and suits audiences of all ages. Cats, dogs, mice, turtles, iguanas, parakeets and other species are having the times of their lives. The scenes range from a dog hungrily eyeing his owner's bagel in "There's a Bagel on the Piano" to the hilarious, harried Rumanian dog walker in "I Walk Ze Dogs" to the lonely Argentinian iguana pining for his mate in "Night of the Iguana." There is even a rock and roll number called "First Cat" and a celebratory musical piece devoted to smaller animals called "What About Us!" We share poignant and sensitive moments in "Dear Max" as a high school girl sings about going away to college and leaving her dog, and in "If You Can Stay" as we deal with the loss of a pet. The proud, stray cat sings a blues number "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" and there's a tribute to animal heroes, using true stories of animals that have saved human lives, in "All in a Day's Work." "A real charmer." (New York Newsday) "It touches the heart. . .clever, fast-paced, urbane, and totally charming." (The Bergen Record, NJ) "Unique. . .sophisticated. . .and lots of fun." (New York Law Journal) "Hilarious. . .leave[s] the audience cheering at intermission." (This Week on Stage)
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Book,music and lyrics by Marion Adler; Adele Ahronheim; Raphael Crystal; Rick Cummins; R.Engquist; Faye Greenberg; Alison Hubbard; Dan Kael; Kim Oler; Jimmy Roberts; Ben Schaechter; June Siegel; Carolyn Sloan; Thomas Tierney; Thomas Edward West; Greer Woodward
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: Flexible, may be expanded
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