i am happy to announce that I have been working very productively on a wonderful new musical project with the great composer Norman L. Berman. More details will be forthcoming!

A long-time fixture on the theater scene, Norman is a well-known composer of Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals. Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, he served as Composer-in-Residence at Circle Repertory Theatre and also won the 1980 Drama Desk Award for his music for the play Strider. Since that time, Norman received an Ace Award nomination for his score for the film Traveler’s Rest, seen on Showtime Cable Network. His other television scores have been heard on PBS, CBS Cable Television, (Kennedy’s Children) and the Discovery Channel.

Since last hear, Norman and I have been collaborating on a musical about the 1814 burning of the White House by the British (during the War of 1812). The play – entitled “Paul Johnson and The Burning of the White House”) – focuses on Paul, the mulatto slave of then-President Madison and his wife Dolley, and the young man’s experiences during the turmoil. Norman and I are into the second act of the piece right now and it is coming along nicely… and we may even have a sneak peak of the score soon!

Also nice is the fact that my name has cropped up on Norman’s Wikipedia page – my first (and hopefully not last) reference on that resource!

Check me out!