David Simpatico http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com Ramblings from the Noiseball Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/9c40885737ca09cfeebbe18074c5dbdb?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png David Simpatico http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com OUT IN THE CITY, gay/lesbian/trans documentary http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/out-in-the-city-gaylesbiantrans-documentary/ http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/out-in-the-city-gaylesbiantrans-documentary/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:40:39 +0000 davidsimpatico http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/?p=291 ]]>

Here’s a link to a wonderful documentary I am featured in, OUT IN THE CITY, a gay/lesbian/bi/trans love letter to the city of New York.

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Ten variations on a Son coming out to his Father.

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Here is my stage adaptation of Truman Capote’s masterwork, IN COLD BLOOD. I was commissioned by Steve Beckler, and the Capote estate gave us permission to use the book. The rights have since reverted back to the estate, but I think this is one of my best pieces. Let me know what you think.

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]]> http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/my-stage-adaptation-of-capotes-in-cold-blood/feed/ 0 davidsimpatico AUNT PITTIPAT IN THE TOWER, published in THE BEST MEN’S MONOLOGUES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/aunt-pittipat-in-the-tower-published-in-the-best-mens-monologues-for-the-21st-century/ http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/aunt-pittipat-in-the-tower-published-in-the-best-mens-monologues-for-the-21st-century/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:27:33 +0000 davidsimpatico http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/?p=229 ]]>

I am deeply honored and thrilled to be included among the  many outstanding writers in this new publication of monologues for the stage. Here is my piece, AUNT PITTIPAT IN THE TOWER, that is included in the Extended Monologues section, right after Spalding Gray! Hope you enjoy.

 

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I was commissioned a few years ago by Steve Beckler to adapt Capote’s non-fiction novel. We had the rights from the Capote estate, but the rights have since reverted back. I’m looking for a production of this somewhere that might induce the estate to give back the rights for a full production.

let me know what you think of it.

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This is a work-in-progress, the opening of a larger vaudeville about the end of the world. I wrote it, recorded it on my computer, sent it over to the UK where my brilliant partner Will Todd composed the underscoring over night. Let me know what you think.

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This is the libretto for THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE, a sung-thru music drama with a brilliant score by Will Todd.

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Robert Brustein, in the New Republic magazine, gave us this review from our initial 2001 student production of THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE, at the Boston Conservatory of Music.

 

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]]> http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/the-screams-of-kitty-genovese-review-robert-brustein-the-new-republic/feed/ 0 davidsimpatico The Screams of Kitty Genovese (songs & excerpts) http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-screams-of-kitty-genovese-songs-excerpts/ http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-screams-of-kitty-genovese-songs-excerpts/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:35:40 +0000 davidsimpatico http://davidsimpatico.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-screams-of-kitty-genovese-songs-excerpts/ ]]>

This is a recording made at the New York Music Theatre Festival in NYC, 2006, at St. Clemant’s Church. It was a fantastic experience and had an amazing cast and crew and team. These are songs and excerpts, the credits are listed below. We are still looking for a first major production of THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE.

CREDITS:
David Simpatico: Story/Libretto
Will Todd: Music/Orchestrations
David Edwards: Director
Mary-Mitchell Campbell: Music Supervisor
Randall Eng: Music Director
KittyGProductions: Producer
Graphic: Yoko Ichikawa

Cheryl Alexander: Frannie
Brendan Byrnes: Vinny
Elizabeth DeRosa: Cathy
Shawna M. Hamic: Betty
Amy Justman: Martha
Kevin Kern: Jimmy
Arthur W. Marks: Winston
Michael McKinsey: Marty
Jody Reynard: Baby
Sheri Sanders: Kitty
Russell H. Saylor III: Mac
Melanie Vaughan: Mommy
Stephen Cabral: Newscaster 

This is Kitty

Track 1: Winston in the Night

Track 2: Just Another Night (“Who are these people”)  

Track 3: Just Another Night (stack)

Track 4: Jimmy’s Lullabye

Track 5: Man in the Dark

Track 6: Blood in the Streets

Track 7: Do You Believe

Track 8: I Wanted New Shoes

Track 9: All of the Others

Track 10: Reach Out and Touch Me

Track 11: Digging Through Darkness

Track 12: Frannie’s Lament

Track 13: 38 Neighbors

Track 14: I Never Heard the Screams

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