Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program alumni writers Chris Miller (Cycle 10) and Nathan Tysen (Cycle 10), and producer Sean Patrick Flahaven (Cycle 7 & Faculty) released the studio cast album of their new musical, DREAMLAND (or a Musical Riff on Shakespeare’s Midsummer Set During the Declassification of Area 51), on Concord Theatricals / Craft Recordings on Sept 24th. You can listen to the album on digital services here: https://found.ee/Dreamland
The album features Broadway stars Christian Borle, Jessica Vosk, Sarah Charles Lewis, Michael McElroy and more.
Dreamland (or a musical riff on Shakespeare's Midsummer set during the declassification of Area 51) is exactly what the title says it is, or is it? Who thought it would be a good idea to give a group of high school honor students free rein in a top-secret military base two days before it opens to the public? Will there be aliens? Maybe. A show choir? Definitely. An over-the-top, B-movie-style musical comedy with a score that blends contemporary musical theatre pop with the smooth sounds of the 1950s, Dreamland is the brainchild of Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen, award-winning songwriters of Tuck Everlasting on Broadway. The musical was originally commissioned by Concord and the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) as part of their Thespian Musicalworks program and is available now for stage licensing.
Chris Miller (Composer/Bookwriter): Tuck Everlasting (Broadway 2016); The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard Theatre, Lucille Lortel Nominee for Best Musical 2011); Fugitive Songs (Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Revue 2008); all three of which have cast albums available at iTunes and Amazon. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Barrington Stage Company). Television: songs for Sesame Street, Elmo’s World and The Electric Company. Incidental music: The Whipping Man (Actor’s Theater of Louisville); Anna Christie (Old Globe, San Diego); Co-composer with Michel Friedman, the first NY revival of Angels in America (Signature Theatre, NY). Upcoming with lyricist Nathan Tysen: commissions from Lincoln Center Theatre and Revival, for Playwrights Horizons & Theaterworks Silicon Valley. Additionally, the book, music and lyrics for Ravello (Signature Theatre [VA] American Musical Voices Project), April Twilights, a song cycle for soprano & chamber orchestra using the poetry of Willa Cather; The Goats, a commission for producer Barbara Whitman & Grove Entertainment. Also, he is co-arranging and co-orchestrating Swept Away, a musical with a score by popular Americana band The Avett Brothers and book by playwright John Logan and Direction by Michael Mayer, premiering at Berkeley Rep in winter 2022.
Nathan Tysen (Lyricist/Bookwriter): Broadway & West End credits include Amélie (with composer and co-lyricist Dan Messé, Grammy & Olivier nominations), Tuck Everlasting (with composer Chris Miller; Outer Critics & Drama League nominations), and the upcoming Paradise Square. Off-Broadway: The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons & Vineyard Theatre; Lucille Lortel nomination), Fugitive Songs (Drama Desk nomination), Stars of David. Regional: Stillwater (Kansas City Rep with band Joe's Pet Project), The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Barrington Stage Co.). TV: Sesame Street, Elmo's World and The Electric Company.
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