Below are the twenty short complete musicals selected into The Ten-Minute Musicals Project as of November 11, 2023. Click the name of the musical to view a short clip. Some of actual workshop productions, some just audio and script.
*These works are included in the full-length musical Stories 1.0.*Away to Pago Pago by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow, John PiRoman, and Bruce Sussman (from the short story by John PiRoman) *Blue Monday by George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva *The Bottle Imp by Kenneth Vega (from the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson) *The Fertilization Opera by Peter Tolan (from the screenplay Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) by Woody Allen *The Furnished Room by Saragail Katzman (from the short story by O.Henry) The Hook by Joyce Bramberg (from the short story by John Collier entitled “The Chaser”) Love and Money by Morris Bobrow (from the short story by O.Henry entitled “The Hypothesis of Failure”) *An Open Window by Sarah Ackerman and Enid Futterman (from the short story by Saki entitled “The Open Window”) *At Owl Creek Bridge by Toni Tennille and Ron Thronson (from the short story by Ambrose Bierce entitled “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”) *Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives Plaisir d’Amour by Walter Edgar Kennon and Terrence McNally (from the novel by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian entitled Céléstine) *Precious Little Jewel by Jeff Blumenkrantz and Libby Saines (from the short story by Kate Chopin entitled “The Story of an Hour”) *Pulp’s Big Favor by Bruce Peyton and David Spencer The Ransom of Red Chief by Brad Alexander and Helen Chayefsky (from the short story by O.Henry) *Remember Dancing by Lisa-Catherine Cohen and David Pomeranz Roman Fever by Francesca Blumenthal (from the short story by Edith Wharton) *Space for Two by Nancy Ford, Elsa Rael, and Mae Richard Suds and Lovers by Doug Katsaros and June Siegel Ubu Lear by Christopher Durang and Richard Peaslee Woman With Pocketbook by Jeff Blumenkrantz, Annie Kessler, and Libby Saines
Occasionally, works come in which evince particular creative ability yet don’t really fit into The Ten-Minute Musicals Project. A few of those exceptional efforts are listed below. In coming months and years, we’ll attempt to list other remarkable works we’ve received or unearthed which similarly deserve recognition.
Shi-Poo-Pi by Sandra Tsing Loh
Jones & Sweetwater by Len Penglis
Alex and Chelsea by Dennis Livingston
Over Texas by Michael John LaChiusa (excerpt from The First Lady Suite)
Out of Hand by Archie Washington, Dan David, and Mark LaPierre
Waiting for Lenny by Norman Weiss and Brown Cardwell
A Full Life by Samuel Buckley and John Charles
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