So, you think it's easy to write a Broadway song? I say not so fast.
The four aspiring writing teams that attended Goodspeed's Festival of New Musicals this past January say it's plenty hard. They spend a lot of time kicking around ideas, most of which never see the light of day. But, really, they have no choice. "If you can do anything else, you do do anything else," says Marcy Heisler, one half of one of our amazing teams.
They laugh, they cry, they fight, they struggle to find that perfect balance between what's familiar and what's surprising - and what's different from the millions of songs already written.
So, why do it?
Because there's nothing like hitting that right note and knowing you've got it, like in the final performance you'll hear from Alex and James, the brave team that volunteered to write a song in 45 minutes!
And, while a Broadway hit would be great, it's about a whole lot more than that. Besides, who needs Broadway when there's YouTube?
GUESTS:
- Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich? - Award-winning team whose work includes "Snow White Rose Red" and "The Great American Mousical"
- Sam Carner and Derek Gregor? - Award-winning team whose work includes "Island Song" and "Unlock'd"
- Michael Kooman and Chris Dimond - Award-winning team whose work includes "Dani Girl" and "Orphie and The Book of Heroes"
- Alexander Sage Oyen and James Presson - Award-winning team whose work includes "Outlaws."
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Colin McEnroe, Catie Talarski and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
