Thorstein Veblen’s THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS, Wall Street Meets Vaudeville, 1900.  A high-class musical romp through New York City society of 1900, as satirized by famed turn-of-the-20th-century socio-economist Thorstein Veblen – in the form of a melodrama within a musical! Book and Lyrics by Kleban Award-winning Charles Leipart, Music by Richard B. Evans.

PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, The New Irish Musical An Irish country girl longing for adventure falls in love with a shy handsome stranger - who confesses that he's killed his father. Or has he? Has Pegeen found her romantic hero or does Ballyduff harbor a brash and boastful murderer? Lyrics by Kate Hancock, Music by Richard B. Evans, Book by Evans & Hancock. This darkly humored yet deeply romantic musical adapts the classic 1907 Irish comedy by John Millington Synge.

MIDLIFE! The User's Guide.  This sparkling musical revue celebrates that special time of life – middle age! Hilarious, poignant and everything in between.   Lyrics by Frank Evans, Music and Additional Lyrics by Richard B. Evans.     THE GOLDEN TOUCH, a fun, family pop musical – the story of King Midas and his daughter, whose “hip” Nursemaid teaches them all one of life’s most important lessons. Book and Lyrics by Maryrose Wood, Music by Richard B. Evans. Drawing by Mark Fiore       Evans' music has been performed and recorded by Broadway and cabaret luminaries such as: George Lee Andrews (Phantom of the Opera) P.J. Benjamin (Chicago) Joel Briel (Cats) Marianne Challis (Sex, Lies & Vocalises) Glory Crampton (Yeston's Phantom of the Opera) Susan Derry (Wonderful Town) Kathleen Early (Play About the Baby) Felicia Finley (Aida) Kathy Fitzgerald (The Producers) Michael Flanigan (Miss Saigon) Felicity LaFortune (The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?) Joe Kolinski (Les Miserables) Nora Mae Lyng (Amour) Eric Millegan (Harold and Maude, tv's Bones) Perry Ojeda (Dr. Sex) William Parry (Gypsy) Ron Raines (Show Boat Revival) Randy Redd (Parade) Lisa Rothauser (The Producers) Heather Sullivan (singer-songwriter) KT Sullivan (cabaret star) Lynne Wintersteller (Closer Than Ever), and Nick Wyman (Sly Fox, Les Miserables et al), among others. Opera stars singing Evans' music include Nicolle Foland, Angela Cadelago, Rachelle Perry-Ward, Cliff Romig, Rhoslyn Jones, Katharine Tier, Chuck Taylor and Melody Moore, among others. Evans' ongoing participation in the New York theatre scene includes several short musicals for the Raw Impressions Music Theatre and the New Dramatists, including collaborations with playwrights Liz Duffy Adams, Christopher Shinn, and David Lindsay-Abaire.

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