THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING, A Musical Vaudeville Book and Lyrics by Kleban Award-winning Charles Leipart Music by Richard B. Evans What could possibly be more timely during the world-wide recession of the early 21st Century than to revisit the Robber Barons of New York City's high society of the early 20th Century? With songs such as "Greed is Good"..."Everybody Wants to Be a Star"... "We're Broke"... "Destiny Tango"... "The Status Quo"... "Ladies of Leisure"... "Things Can Change"... and "The Price of Everything"... haven't we been here before? This high-class musical romp stars famed turn-of-the-20th-century socio-economist Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) – here presenting his melodrama-within-a-musical to demonstrate his controversial thesis "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (including his coining the phrase "Conspicuous Consumption"!)  Will he actually pay the actors?  Can things ever change?  Bring your food stamps, join the fun, and find out !!  For more info and music samples from the show, click here.

ENCHANTED APRIL, A Lyrical New Musical A cold, rainy London. A wisteria-covered medieval castle in Italy. Lives and love bloom again... The four women at the center of  ENCHANTED APRIL, each from a different social strata of post-WWI English society, are alike only in their discontent with their lives. One rainy February afternoon in 1922 they find each other - and the castle of their dreams - through a classified ad in a London newspaper: "To Those Who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let Furnished for the month of April. Necessary servants remain. Reply to Box 1000, The Times."   ENCHANTED APRIL, A Lyrical New Musical with a musical score and libretto that are intensely personal, gloriously romantic, wondrously universal, and a thorough delight for all those who love beautiful singing, soaring melodies, grand music, stunning staging, drama and humor, happy endings...and wisteria and sunshine! Music by Richard B. Evans,   Book and lyrics by Kleban award-winning Charles Leipart Based on the exquisite 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. For more info and music samples from the show, click here.

THE PLAYBOY OF BALYDUFF The New Irish Musical Lyrics by Kate Hancock, Music by Richard B. Evans, Book by Evans & Hancock. A darkly humored yet deeply romantic musical with soaring melodies, outrageously quirky, funny characters, all topped off with Traditional Irish dancing. 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 Balyduff harbor a brash and boastful murderer?   For more info and music samples from the show, click here.   The Chicago Sun Times says: "Inspired by J.M.Synge's landmark drama of the Irish theatre – in which a young man becomes a temporary hero after committing patricide – this show deserves a thriving future.  Along with its ready-made tragicomic story and marvelous characters, it comes with a lovely lyrical score that very skillfully blends traditional Irish melodies and a Broadway sound."

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) Kathy Fitzgerald (The Producers, Nine) Felicia Finley (Aida) 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) 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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