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MusicalWorld Podcast MW 36 - STEPHEN COLE - part 1

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Jan 27, 2009 MW 36 - STEPHEN COLE - part 1

MW36 – STEPHEN COLE part 1

On today’s episode we have an incredible interview with STEPHEN COLE. Stephen has written several musicals and books as well as working with some of the biggest names on Broadway. Stephen is an internationally produced, published and recorded writer. He is the winner of the prestigious "Edward Kleban Award" as Most Promising Librettist of 2000 for his work on THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. This award comes with the largest cash prize that any theatre award has to offer. He was also named one of Variety's 50 Creatives to Watch- 2000. Liz Smith in her syndicated column has called Stephen's lyrics "brilliant and gifted. "THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER has been recorded by Fynsworth Alley Records (written with famed "Grass Harp" composer Claibe Richardson).

Stephen’s list of musicals include:
• THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (with music by Claibe Richardson)
• MERLIN’S APPRENTICE (book by Susan Kim, music by Matthew Ward)
• ROCK ODYSSEY (music by Billy Straus)
• SATURDAY NIGHT AT GROSSINGER’S (music by Claibe Richardson, additional lyrics by Ronny Graham)
• DODSWORTH (music by Jeffrey Sarver)
• AFTER THE FAIR (music by Matthew Ward)
• CASPER The Musical ( music by Matthew Ward)(starring Chita Rivera)

We barely get started with this conversation withStephen but we did talk about many different aspects of his musical theater career – Including how he got his start in musical theater, his love of and eventual imitation of Cole Porter (hence “Stephen Cole”), etc. It’s jam packed with interesting anecdotes and we even included some music too.

In this episode we play music from: AFTER THE FAIR & THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
• MYSTERIOUS MAN (After The Fair)
• WORLD AT MY WINDOW (After the Fair)
• AFTER THE FAIR (After The Fair)
• THE LORD WILL PROVIDE (The Night of the Hunter)
• THE WATCH (The Night of the Hunter)

Links mentioned that you’ll want to check out from this episode are:
www.stephencolewriting.com
http://www.marninixon.com/

We'll have more from Stephen in the coming weeks with more interviews and music from CASPER, ROAD TO QATAR, TIME AFTER TIME and more!