Their debut album, OUT OF OUR HEADS, featuring an all-star lineup of Broadway performers, is now available on iTunes. Scenic renderings by Chistopher Mumaw, courtesy of Village Theatre Theater brightens many lives, but for the titular character in Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond’s new musical The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes, premiering Sept. In addition, they founded the ASCAP Foundation Musical Theater Songwriting Project, a program dedicated to training young songwriters.
They were Dramatists Guild Fellows, received a fellowship at the O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, and attended the Johnny Mercer Songwriting workshop. Michael and Chris are members of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP, and are proud alumni of Carnegie Mellon University. Their other projects include THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES (developed at the O’Neill Music Theater Conference and the Village Theater), ORPHIE & THE BOOK OF HEROES (The Kennedy Center), THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF PERCIVAL VON SCHMOOTZ (commissioned by the Canadian Music Theatre Project), JUDGE JACKIE JUSTICE (Pittsburgh CLO, licensed by Samuel French), DANI GIRL (Exit, Pursued by a Bear licensed by Samuel French), GOLDEN GATE (Williamstown Theatre Festival), HOMEMADE FUSION (London’s Ambassadors Theater, Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and JUNIOR CLAUS (Orlando Repertory Theatre licensed by Dramatic Publishing). Until Until one day he starts hearing music that no one else hears.
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They also currently serve as songwriters for VAMPIRINA, an animated musical TV series airing on the Disney Channel and Disney Junior which has reached over 49 million viewers in 115 countries. A guy who usually doesn’t get noticed very much, doesn’t make much of an impact on anyone’s life. Kooman & Dimond’s most recent musical, ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS, debuted to rave reviews at Shakespeare's Globe this fall. Additionally, Michael has won the Burton Lane Award. The duo were also the first recipients of the Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Award and the Samuel French Next Step Award.
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To submit a new play or production, email the entry plus a high-resolution photo to with “theater listings” in the subject line.Composer Michael Kooman is best known for his work with Christopher Dimond, with whom he received the 2013 Fred Ebb Award and a 2010 Jonathan Larson Grant. You Will Get Sick Play about learning to live in your own body, April 22-May 14, Benchmark Theatre Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood,. Twilight Zone, A Parody Episodes of the famed 1950s/60s TV show are lovingly recreated, April 22-May 14, Theater Company of Lafayette, Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. They Promised Her the Moon Story of Jerrie Cobb and a group of female would-be astronauts, April 15-24, CU Department of Theatre, Loft Theatre, University Theatre Building $18. 18, DCPA, York Street Yards, 3887 Steele St., Denver. Theater of the Mind David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar-created immersive theater piece world premiere, Aug. Quixote Nuevo Tejano musical about becoming the hero of your own story, May 13-June 12, Denver Center Theatre Company, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver $30-$69. Man Up: A Musical Original piece about a boy’s struggle to overcome expectations of masculinity, and the deep redemptive power of love, April 8-10, Empathy Theatre Project, Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder $24.60. Jersey Boys Musical that reveals the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, April 15-17, DCPA Broadway, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver $35-$115. Equal parts satire, romantic comedy, and love letter to the. Heart Richard World-premiere comedy about Shakespeare’s complicated villain Richard III and all his fans, April 8-30, Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver $(name your price) . Howard Barnes is a perfectly average man, until he discovers that his life has become a musical. Blue Ridge A progressive high-school teacher spends six months in a church-sponsored halfway house, April 15-June 5, Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden $17-$45 .Ĭhoir Boy Gospel musical about a gay student in conflict, April 22-May 29, Denver Center Theatre Company, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver $30-$71 .ĭixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull Dixie Longate shares lessons learned in this one-person comedy, June 22-July 17, DCPA, Garner Galleria Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver $46-$80 .įlyin’ West Drama about Black women who forged new lives following the Civil War, April 9-May7, Firehouse Theater Company, John Hand Theater, 7653 E.
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