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This fabulous new musical will be performed at the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 23-October 4. Click here for more details!
Click here to see Broadway star Kelli O'Hara sing "Little Colored Lights" from That Time of the Year on the CBS-TV Christmas Special, "Holiday in Bryant Park" on November 27, 2007.
Current Projects
MUSICAL
THEATRE:
Wallenberg- (with co-lyricist/librettist Felicia Needleman and composer Benjamin Rosenbluth) Original musical drama about Raoul Wallenberg, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century. A staged reading of this show was presented at New World Stages in September 2006 as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. A full production is in the planning stages.
That Time of the Year - (with
co-lyricist Felicia Needleman and composers Sanford Marc Cohen, Nicholas Levin,
Donald Oliver, Kyle Rosen, Brad Ross, Mark Wherry and Wendy Wilf) A funny and
touching multi-cultural, multi-faith, multi-generational musical revue of
original songs celebrating the joys and anxieties of the holiday season. Premiered off-Broadway
in December 2006 at the York Theatre in Manhattan.
Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording due out on JAY Records soon. Show
now available for licensing through Theatrical Rights Worldwide.
- Watch Kerri Jill Garbis, Erin Maguire and Bridget Beirne perform "Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake)" from That Time of the Year!
- Read reviews at New
York Times; BroadwayWorld.com;
TheaterMania.com.
- Listen to the Philadelphia Choir perform "Miracles Can Happen" from That Time of the Year! (December 17, 2006)
The
SCREENPLAYS:
- Fella - (with co-writer, Marc Goldsmith)Coming-of-age story about an 11-year-old
African American boy living in Washington, D.C. in 1940, whose mother is a
maid in FDR's White House and who is assigned by Eleanor
Roosevelt the task of caring for Fala, the Scottish terrier, for the
week before the dog was to be presented as a Christmas gift to the
president.
- The
Queen is in the Parlour - (with co-writer, Marc Goldsmith)Comedy about an elderly brother and sister living in a small town in
England who manage to kidnap the Queen in an effort to get her to knight their
younger brother who has always looked after them.
CHILDREN'S
BOOKS:
- My Zoo -
In this rhyming
picture book filled with animal facts, a young boy dreams of owning a
zoo where the animals are arranged alphabetically.
- Right
at Home - Picture book about humanity's place
in the cosmos.
Awards
Laurence with longtime collaborator and Kleban co-winner, Felicia Needleman
- Kleban Award (2006) - for the Most Promising Musical Theatre Librettist
- ASCAP Sammy Cahn Award for Outstanding Lyricists (1995)
Recordings
That Time of the Year concept cast recording.
That Time of the Year DVD recorded live at Don't Tell Mama in NYC. Order here.
WATCH FOR: That Time of the Year, Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording, due out on Jay Records soon!
"Little Colored Lights" (from That Time of the Year), from Susan Egan's album Winter Tracks
"Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song)" from That Time of the Year, included on Carols for a Cure 2004
"Angelo Rosenbaum" from That Time of the Year, included on
Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5
"Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song)" from That Time of the Year, included on North Coast Men's Choir - Sugar Plum Faries
"Everyone Can La La La La La" (lyrics by Laurence Holzman & Felicia Needleman, music by David Grover) on David Grover and the Big Bear Band's album, Listen to Music Band
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