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The Magic Stone - video/sound excerpt

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:05:18 -0400

Sound Samples with visuals from the Miracle Theatre production of the musical play, THE MAGIC STONE, book, lyrics and music by Michael Mish. A feel-good musical for all ages. Catchy 1960s rock and pop songs. Snappy, humorous dialogue. Michael Mish understands the transitional sometimes turbulent work of the ‘tween-aged youth. Read more about award-winning Michael Mish.
Song and visual excerpts: MP3 file above gives a montage of songs from the musical play.
SUMMARY: It’s the first day of seventh grade, and Andrew is the new kid in town. As he walks off to school, Grandpa gives Andrew a gift – a magic stone to help him get through the day. Andrew is skeptical at first, but becomes a believer when surprising things begin happening. First, he wins attention from popular Sophie and her genius-sister Clara, then he fires answers – correct ones – back to tough questions dished out by infamous Miss Legthorne. The day is going quite well until Andrew’s stone falls from his pocket, and the kids rile him about his belief that it has magical power. Andrew scuffles on the playground to keep his grandpa’s stone and ends up in Principal Crundle’s office, where the principal gives a surprising response – that he thinks the stone is magic, and he’d like to show it to a few people he knows who are authorities on the subject. Fortunately, the adults who care about Andrew see the power of possibility that the stone represents, and are able to gently guide him to hold onto that magical quality.

APPROX. RUNNING TIME for Musical Play: 1 HOUR, 45 MINUTES
CAST: 15 + (6 F, 9 M) with option to add chorus, or a minimum of 11(5 F, 6 M) with doubling. Good roles for skilled ‘tweens, teens, and adults
SETTING: THREE FLEXIBLE SETTINGS COSTUMES: 1960s and PRESENT DAY
PLAY SCRIPT & MUSIC: PLAY SCRIPT, PERFORMANCE & SOUND EFFECTS CD, REHEARSAL CD with vocals, and Printed PIANO/VOCAL SCORE and Performance Licensing AVAILABLE from publisher at www.applays.com

Visuals and sound used with permission from original production from The Miracle Theatre printed with permission from Ilana Moss, Producer.
Director: Alison Grant
Music Director: Michael Mish
Choreographer: Audrey Flint

Copyright and All Right Reserved for Music and words by Michael Mish and Anchorage Press Plays/applays.com

The Magic Stone

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:16:06 -0400

Sound Samples from the musical play, THE MAGIC STONE, book, lyrics and music by Michael Mish. A feel-good musical for all ages. Catchy 1960s rock and pop songs. Snappy, humorous dialogue. Michael Mish understands the transitional sometimes turbulent work of the ‘tween-aged youth. Read more about award-winning Michael Mish.
Song excerpts: MP3 file above gives a montage of songs from the musical play.
SUMMARY: It’s the first day of seventh grade, and Andrew is the new kid in town. As he walks off to school, Grandpa gives Andrew a gift – a magic stone to help him get through the day. Andrew is skeptical at first, but becomes a believer when surprising things begin happening. First, he wins attention from popular Sophie and her genius-sister Clara, then he fires answers – correct ones – back to tough questions dished out by infamous Miss Legthorne. The day is going quite well until Andrew’s stone falls from his pocket, and the kids rile him about his belief that it has magical power. Andrew scuffles on the playground to keep his grandpa’s stone and ends up in Principal Crundle’s office, where the principal gives a surprising response – that he thinks the stone is magic, and he’d like to show it to a few people he knows who are authorities on the subject. Fortunately, the adults who care about Andrew see the power of possibility that the stone represents, and are able to gently guide him to hold onto that magical quality.

APPROX. RUNNING TIME for Musical Play: 1 HOUR, 45 MINUTES
CAST: 15 + (6 F, 9 M) with option to add chorus, or a minimum of 11(5 F, 6 M) with doubling. Good roles for skilled ‘tweens, teens, and adults
SETTING: THREE FLEXIBLE SETTINGS COSTUMES: 1960s and PRESENT DAY
PLAY SCRIPT & MUSIC: PLAY SCRIPT, PERFORMANCE & SOUND EFFECTS CD, REHEARSAL CD with vocals, and Printed PIANO/VOCAL SCORE and Performance Licensing AVAILABLE from publisher at www.applays.com

Copyright and All Right Reserved for Music and words by Michael Mish and Anchorage Press Plays/applays.com

Maria's Loom

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:14:41 -0500

An original fairy tale with music by Jane R. Howard that originally appeared as a story in Highlights for Children.
SOUND SAMPLE of the Overture featuring segments of the song themes (from the accompaniment CD) followed by Maria’s Loom Song. Songs are memorable and melodic. The music of the play is supported by a recorded CD for performance accompaniment and a recorded CD for rehearsal (with vocals) as well as a printed musical score with vocal lines and chord annotation, available from the publisher. (Piano arrangements and performance by Dave Massello; vocals by Carol Moss.)

Set in a very cold winter’s day, long ago, three very different sisters discover that they are best when they help others. Maria watches in horror as her faithful loom breaks, beyond repair. Enter the Good Fairy who gives Maria and her two lazy sisters three gold pieces each. “Use these wisely, and you will be granted three wishes. But,” she warns, “Woe unto one who fails.”

Cast: 5 minimum or up to 10 with roles distributed.
All Rights Reserved. Published and licensed by Anchorage Press Plays.

No One Will Marry A Princess With A Tree Growing Out of Her Head

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:16:09 -0400

A musical fantasy with book and lyrics by Michael Elliot Brill. Music and orchestrations by David Jackson.
All begins on the 21st birthday of the Princess, the day she will choose a husband from a gathering of all the eligible Princes from east of the sun and west of the moon. But an evil wizard strikes with a spell and the Princess has a small tree, of indeterminate variety, growing from the top of her head! Only the four Winds have powers great enough to break the spell. The Princess (with her growing tree) must journey to solve the riddle before the great tower clock strikes. This is a brilliant musical farce of heroic scale.
Ensemble Cast of 7 or up to 15 with roles distributed. Full sound score CD (accompaniment and sound effects) plus a rehearsal CD (with voices) is available. Also printed music lead sheets.
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The Magic Flute RELOADED

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:31:37 -0400

Book, music, and lyrics by Frumi Cohen. Inspired by Mozart’s The Magic Flute. A contemporary musical comedy with rap and pop music. Cast: Ensemble of 11 or 25+ with roles distributed. Good roles for teens. Rehearsal & performance accompaniment CD available.

Merton Mercudio is suspended from school for uncontrollable fighting and sentenced to four minutes in the land of Droon, which is really a parallel world of Merton’s conscience and imagination. There he encounters King Meltdown and his beautiful daughter Melody, as well as the bossy queen, Lady Notsofast and an insult-slinging monster. For Merton, four minutes in Droon proves to be a valuable lesson--one that will last a lifetime.
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