If you know that line—and who doesn’t—then you’ll know whose knees I sat at Wednesday night.
Yup.
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. The Ragtime team were part of Perfect Rhyme, Perfect Harmony: The Challenges and Rewards of Collaboration. It was sponsored by the Dramatists Guild and the Society of Composers and Lyricists.
It was a great night.
Joining Ahrens and Flaherty were Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen who have done a ton of stuff and won a ton of stuff and right now have scored Tuck Everlasting.
Chris and Nathan played an absolutely lovely song from Tuck . . . that they ditched and replaced with an even better one. “The best idea wins.” Was the saying often repeated.
And Lynn and Stephen played a song from their original, self-recorded, four-song demo that they submitted (and won) in the competition to get Ragtime. Amazing. How Till We Reach That Day evolved from a hopeful, somewhat plaintive, song into the gut wrencher that it is as the writers worked together to give it that ragtime counterpoint was a lesson in pushing for the absolute most and absolute best for each moment in your show.
Oh. My.
Kudos to all involved.
OK. That’s it, and that’s enough.
Yup.
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. The Ragtime team were part of Perfect Rhyme, Perfect Harmony: The Challenges and Rewards of Collaboration. It was sponsored by the Dramatists Guild and the Society of Composers and Lyricists.
It was a great night.
Joining Ahrens and Flaherty were Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen who have done a ton of stuff and won a ton of stuff and right now have scored Tuck Everlasting.
Chris and Nathan played an absolutely lovely song from Tuck . . . that they ditched and replaced with an even better one. “The best idea wins.” Was the saying often repeated.
And Lynn and Stephen played a song from their original, self-recorded, four-song demo that they submitted (and won) in the competition to get Ragtime. Amazing. How Till We Reach That Day evolved from a hopeful, somewhat plaintive, song into the gut wrencher that it is as the writers worked together to give it that ragtime counterpoint was a lesson in pushing for the absolute most and absolute best for each moment in your show.
Oh. My.
Kudos to all involved.
OK. That’s it, and that’s enough.
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