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July 7, 2009
10:40
hamlet:what dreams may come
adapted by Adam Mathias
from hamlet by William Shakespeare
conceived and directed by William Addis
May 19, 2009
17:17
Wednesday, May 27th the BMI Workshop presents a reading of the new 10-minute musical "Dottie's Big Sleep", book & lyrics by Adam Mathias and music by Brian Allan Hobbs. Featuring Nikki James, Sam Pinkleton, Steven Strafford and Danielle Grabianowksi. Musical Direction by Mark Berman. (Invitation only; RSVP required.)
January 28, 2009
10:23
Get a sneak peak of the new musical The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project with music by Dan Israel, lyrics by Phoebe Kruetz, book by Adam Mathias at the Jerry Orbach Theatre, Snapple Theatre Center on Tuesday, February 3rd, 6:30pm as part of "Musical Mondays on Tuneful Tuesdays." Click here for full details.
January 27, 2009
13:39
Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening, Hamlet II) and Robb Sapp (Wicked, Happiness) kick a** on "You Are My B!@$%" for Broadway's Leading Men III at Birdland. Music by Brad Alexander, lyrics by Adam Mathias.
December 3, 2008
08:59
December 8th - Liz Callaway hosts this year's Bound for Broadway concert at Merkin Hall - an awesome way for you to hear Cassie Wooley, Skylar Astin, Wesley Taylor and Jeremy Jordan belt out some of Brad and my favorite songs from the show. Other contributors include Pamela's First Musical, The Kid, and The Story of My Life. http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/event/broadway-close-up-bound-for-broadway/
December 12th and 13th - KEF Productions presents Artists Rising at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row, directed by Adam Fitzgerald. Artists Rising will include the beautiful Cassie Wooley singing "All There Is To Say." If you haven't heard Cassie sing this song, you should - it's a real treat. Tickets are only $18. http://www.ticketcentral.com/showdetails2.asp?showid=1964
August 19, 2008
14:24
14:05
Barrington Stage Company
Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director
presents
See Rock City
& Other Destinations
Book and lyrics by Adam Mathias
Music by Brad Alexander
Directed by Kevin Del Aguila
August 7, 2008 - August 23, 2008
July 15, 2008
10:25
Bakerloo Theatre Project presents The Tempest by William Shakespeare directed by William Addis
July 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, and August 1 at 8pm - July 13, 20 and 26 at 2pm
Academy Hall, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
featuring: Gwyn Hervochon, Eric Chase*, Ugo Chukwu, Mack Exilus, Rosa Fernandez, Christopher Thomas Gilkey, Marsha Harman, Lily Junker, Christopher Maxwell, Joseph McGranaghan, Sarah Murphy, Joe Mihalchick*
original score by Adam Mathias
April 22, 2008
12:32
The BMI Workshop Songbook Podcast Episode #14 features Broadway Leading Man Gavin Creel ( Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bounce, La Cage, Mary Poppins, and Jesus in the upcoming Broadway revival of Godspell) singing “Rock City” from See Rock City & Other Destinations. Gavin totally rocks out the tune with Vadim Feichner at the piano. But wait, there’s more! The podcast also includes an interview with composer Brad Alexander and lyricist Adam Mathias (that’s me!) The BMI Workshop Songbook Podcast is produced and moderated by the ever-popular Jeff Blumenkrantz. Thanks, Jeff!
April 16, 2008
12:37
NEO4, a concert celebration of emerging talent in musical theatre, and a one-night-only benefit for the York Theatre Company, will showcase Skylar Astin & Robb Sapp singing “You Are My B!@#%” from See Rock City & Other Destinations. Michael Arden will also perform. York Theatre NEO4
12:22
Ben Schrader will kick off this season's "Smoker" singing "Rock City" from See Rock City & Other Destinations. Also, songs by Stephen Sislen & Ben Winters, Justin Warner & Peter Yarin, Andy Monroe and many more. New songs, new musicals, new potatoes. Thursday, April 17th, 5:30 at the BMI offices. Check it out: Playbill.com
12:22
Skylar Astin & Robb Sapp will curse their little hearts out singing a song from See Rock City & Other Destinations as part of THE LEADING MEN III, a star-studded fund raiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Ben Schrader will also be featured. Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00pm, as part of the long-running concert series Broadway at Birdland. BroadwayWorld.com
March 19, 2008
08:58
It has recently been announced that See Rock City & Other Destinations is a recipient of the 2008 Richard Rodgers Award for musical theatre. The award includes a generous grant toward a new developmental staged reading at a New York theatre company.
"The intent of the Richard Rodgers award is to nurture the careers of talented composers and playwrights, and to have their musicals produced in New York City. Former award recipients include Maury Yeston (Nine), Jonathan Larson (Rent), Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal (Juan Darien), Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff), Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley (Violet). Since 1980, sixty-four works have been produced. This year's jury included Stephen Sondheim (chair), Lynn Ahrens, John Guare, Sheldon Harnick, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman."
September 6, 2007
10:29
See Rock City
& other destinations
book & lyrics by Adam Mathias
music by Brad Alexander
August 27, 2007
11:01
The BMI Foundation, Inc. presented the 2007 Jerry Bock Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre to lyricist Adam Mathias and composer Brad Alexander August 7 at a luncheon held at the BMI offices. Mathias and Alexander received cash awards as well as commemorative plaques for their musical See Rock City. Jerry Bock, a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of timeless classics like Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello, personally selected See Rock City, which was developed in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
July 12, 2007
22:58
Click the image to see pictures of visits to Brooklyn’s beautiful Prospect Park with my friends.
July 11, 2007
21:32
Click the image to see pictures of my visit to the Bakerloo Theatre Project in Troy, New York
March 20, 2007
13:55
You are invited to a sneak preview of highlights from our new musical:
musical mondays theatre lab
bick goss & frank evans, artistic producing directors
anne l bernstein, mary ellen ashley and marter productions present
See Rock City
& other destinations
book & lyrics by Adam Mathias
music by Brad Alexander
featuring:
Jill Abramovitz
Michael Busillo
Benjamin Schrader
Steve Routman
Jaq Huberman
Joe Cassidy
Monday, March 26th, 2007
6:00PM
The McGinn Cazalle Theatre
2162 Broadway at 76th Street
Elevator to 3rd Floor
Admission: $10 (Discount for BMI members)
Reservations: 212-989-6706
musicalmondays@aol.com
The new musical See Rock City & Other Destinations, by Brad Alexander (Just So Stories ) and Adam Mathias (The Passion of George W. Bush), is a collection of short pieces set at tourist destinations across the country. The Musical Mondays concert - directed by Kevin Del Aguila - includes sneak-previews of The Alamo and Coney Island, as well as visits to Rock City and Niagara Falls.
February 23, 2007
22:10
February 10, 2007
14:40
Leave it to Jon Stewart to clarify the marriage equality debate better than any politician has ever come close to. Watch this interview with Bill Bennett. Adam grew up in small town central Florida. At the age of five he got involved in Community Theatre, performing in shows such as Oliver , Gypsy , Pippin , Bye Bye Birdie , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , personal favorite: The King and I , and many more. Click the image to see the pictures of my week-long vacation in Chicago. Click the image to see the pictures of our yearly trip to the Flurry Dance Festival Hey friends, sign up for an account at AdamUp so you can interact and add comments throughout the site! Thanks, Adam. Click the image to see the pictures of Mike’s Birthday Hike at Harriman Park Cindi-Lou loved it when her mother made her favorite lunch…human blood. Get a sneak peak of a new song from See Rock City sung by Harris Doran plus a reprise of "Some People Do" from Greetings From Niagara with Harris and Jill Abramovitz. It's all part of Any Minute Now at the Triad Theatre this Sunday, October 16th. Don't miss your opportunity to see the premiere of my new work with Brad Alexander - the short musical "See Rock City" - next Wednesday, November 2nd as part of GOLDEN FLEECE LTD.'s "Wednesday Nights at Square One" series. Several other composers will also be presenting. A discussion with the presenters follows the performance. Click the image to see the pictures of our weekend in the Catskills July 22nd is Amy Sisti’s and my birthday! Hooray! Click the image to see pictures of the Bakerloo Theatre Project’s reading Click the image to see pictures of our dinner out in Greenpoint Click the images to see pictures from readings and productions of my musicals
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Adam received a BFA from The Theatre School, DePaul University (founded as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925) where he co-founded the still annual Wrights of Spring new playwriting festival and produced his original musicals Another? and Bloomsbury’d (note collegiate obsession with punctuation.) After graduation, Adam was house manager for Chicago Shakespeare’s (founded as Shakespeare Repertory) productions of Hamlet and The Merry Wives of Windsor .
Adam then moved to New York City to obtain a Masters of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Writing from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.April 25, 2006
15:20
Get a sneak peak at the new musical I am writing with Brad Alexander. Our segment, “See Rock City” features performers Benjamin Schrader and Mamie Parris and is directed by Tesha Buss. It is preceded by highlights from another new musical, The Dogs of Pripyat , by our friends Jill and Aron. Hope to see you there!
Yours,
Adam
Musicals Tonight! Mel Miller, Producer
Musical Mondays Theatre Lab,
Bick Goss, Frank Evans,
Anne L Bernstein & Mary Ellen Ashley
present
a sneak preview of two new musicals from the BMI Workshop
THE DOGS OF PRIPYAT
A modern fable about hope, survival, and the triumph of the spirit under the most unimaginable of circumstances. Set near the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl, a young terrier goes from life as an abandoned pet to alpha male.
based on the play by Leah Napolin
Music by Aron Acurso,
Lyrics by Jill Abramovitz
and
SEE ROCK CITY
A 20-minute musical drawn from a full-length collection of short musicals exploring the complexities of modern romantic relationships, each set at a different tourist destination across America. Jess has been on the road searching for his place in the world...until he sees the signs painted on the roofs of the old red barns and follows their command to "See Rock City."
Music by Brad Alexander
Book and lyrics by Adam B. Mathias
Mon May 1, 6:15PM,
45th Street Theatre, 354 West 45th (8th-9th)
TIX $10 - 212 989-6706March 4, 2006
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February 3, 2006
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February 2, 2006
19:36
10:23
The Evangelicals were right…gay marriage IS a slippery slope.
09:48
January 3, 2006
10:58
October 24, 2005
12:11
Yes, we've named our new cat Jimmy Carter. Isn't he adorable! He's a perfect (note I didn't say purrfect, because that would be ridiculous) addition to our new apartment.October 13, 2005
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October 10, 2005
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June 28, 2005
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06:58
Look, Ma, I got an award! Here I am with Phoebe Kreutz, Jill Abramovitz, Sean Hartley, and moderator Pat Cook. full story
