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Jasper on The Platform

This is track 2 of 15 from Platforms. As a bonus, this is the original, full-length version of this little track.

Jasper, a rhythm-tapping street performer and observer of the comings and goings on the platform (played by Ted Levy), has just teamed up with a bucket drummer (Eric Rubbe) vying for the same playing space.

 

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Jasper on The Platform
Music by Brent
(c) and (p) 2007 FatLab Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved
Segment choreographed by Linda Goodrich

from Platforms – originally produced at NYMF ’07
Written by Delaney Britt Brewer
Directed by Holly-Anne Ruggiero
Choreographed by Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Nick Kenkel, Jeff Shade, and Matt Williams

Platforms - NYMF

posted by brent - October 12, 2007 in Music, Platforms and Theatre. 0 Comments
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Evening Rush Hour – The Platform, 5pm

Platforms is a dance narrative musical theatre work commissioned by Melinda Atwood and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Five choreographers, a director, a bookwriter, and a composer collaborated to create and perform this work in under two months.

The show begins on a crowded subway platform — “the one place in New York where you will find every social class” — at 5pm during rush hour, including a conspicuously out-of-place tourist couple from the Midwest (played by Deborah Yates and Matt Anctil).

This is the first of 15 tracks of original music that I wrote for the piece.

 

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Evening Rush Hour – The Platform, 5pm
Music by Brent
(c) and (p) 2007 FatLab Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved
Segment choreographed by Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Nick Kenkel, Jeff Shade, and Matt Williams

from Platforms – originally produced at NYMF ’07
Written by Delaney Britt Brewer
Directed by Holly-Anne Ruggiero
Choreographed by Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Nick Kenkel, Jeff Shade, and Matt Williams

Platforms - NYMF

posted by brent - October 12, 2007 in Music, Platforms and Theatre. 1 Comment
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NYMF Platforms reviews are in!

Brent’s show Platforms just closed it’s sold-out run at NYMF. Here are a few quotes from the reviews we’ve collected so far:

From BroadwayWorld.com’s message board, posted by whatever2 – Oct 2, 2007

saw “platforms” tonite — run, do not walk, to get tickets. it’s this year’s commissioned choreography piece, and simply stunning. a little like “contact” (even stars deborah yates!), but w/ a clever, modern, urban new york sensibility. simply brilliant.

From Backstage.com, reviewed by Ron Cohen – Oct 3, 2007

Lord’s recorded score beautifully evokes the show’s shifting moods…

Platforms is an hour or so of the most intense and exciting dance you’re likely to see on any New York stage this season.

From nytheatre.com, reviewed by Josh Sherman – Oct 4, 2007

The original music, by Brent Lord, is perhaps the most inspired soundtrack of a theatre piece I’ve heard in quite some time. The choreography matches perfectly with each mood shift—the underscoring in each and every scene is precisely in tune with the dancers’ vocabulary of movement.

If you missed Platforms at NYMF this year, BroadwayWorld.com has a NYMF dance preview video that you can watch here. Their “tap-off” number is the first one after Kris’s interview.

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posted by mike - October 9, 2007 in News, Platforms, Reviews and Theatre. 0 Comments
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“Platforms” at NYMF – 3 performances only!

I was invited to write music for the world premiere of a new dance musical at this year’s New York Musical Theatre Festival. This is the same festival Go-Go Beach debuted in last year.

The show, called Platforms, is an original dance narrative musical. The story was conceived by director Holly-Anne Ruggiero (Jersey Boys, 700 Sundays, Dracula) and bookwriter Delaney Britt Brewer. Five amazing choreographers collaborate to tell sections of the story thru dance and original music. Tony nominee Deborah Yates (“The Girl in the Yellow Dress” — Contact) stars with Ted Levy (Black & Blue, Jelly’s Last Jam) and a cast of many others.

Not to be confused with Contact, which won Best Musical with a score of pre-existing canned music, Platforms features music freshly canned from scratch by me. The nymf.org page for our show just got updated with some of my music samples, so go take a listen.

Single tickets are already on sale. A purchase link is on the nymf.org show page. Three performances only on Oct 2 at 8pm, Oct 4 at 9pm, and Oct 6 at 1pm at The Theatre at St. Clements — 46th west of 9th ave (map) .

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posted by brent - September 6, 2007 in News, Platforms and Theatre. 0 Comments
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