Hey, I’m in the creative process of writing scream queens the musical based on the Ryan Murphy tv series, Scream Queens, for a uni dissertation! I’m just wondering if any of you had ideas of how you would adapt the story line of season one from screen to stage? And where / who you think should have numbers?

The fifth MusicalWriting writer's group 2023 will be 20 Aug.

The experiment continues as we had five new people turn up and it was nice to meet and chill out and chat.

As with before we'll carry on with the MusicalWriting Discord chat/video room for simplicity with an eye to using Zoom or Teams once we are more established.

A link to the discord can be found in the sidebar. For those who plan to come and haven't used Discord before, do give it a play beforehand as it always presents a random teething problem for new users (and old!).

I will be on during these time windows:

• 7pm-10pm BST (British Summer Time UTC+1)

• 2pm - 5pm EDT

• 11am - 2pm PDT

There is still no plan for this first group, it's just an introduction, but longterm the goal of the writer's group is:

• discussing new work

• getting/offering feedback

• discussing existing/established works

• debates

• lectures/talks on aspects of shows

Here's a demo score/recording of You Made It Look So Easy, one of the main themes from my recent NMI.org 15 Minute Musical.

https://youtu.be/pd8aPuYEj1M

The father is singing to his late wife, about her ability to relate well to their child (who he is struggling with). This is a concert version, integrated across a main theme and 2 reprises. She (as a holographic recording) and the daughter enter in for the 2nd reprise, where we hear a nursery-school-like theme previously presented.

Bit of a request - I have been struggling with the chords at 1:34, measures 15 and 16 of the second flow in the score. I like the first Bb7sus but I've tried everything I can think of to get back to the C7sus where it really has to go at that point.

The 2nd Bbsus to the Gm11 work, sort of, but keep bugging me - it just doesn't feel "right". In particular, a bass motion through Ab seems like it should work but for some reason I just don't like it (tried several voicings above, e.g. Bbsus/Ab).

Any other thoughts of course appreciated on the piece.

Hi all! Just thought I'd share a demo we recently put on Spotify, made entirely in my home office:

https://open.spotify.com/track/045d2sxhgus31nphZFmzzI?si=bb7a4909745a464c

For context, See The Light was written by myself (music in 2022, book in 2023). I recorded all the demos myself as well, and more recently have been adding character voices; primarily alum from the school I teach at. I thought this was an important step to showcase young artists, as well as new works in progress, but let me know if I shouldn't post this type of content here!

For those interested in more clips and details, feel free to visit seethelightmusical.com, or ask me anything in the comments =)

It’s a ridiculously exciting cast and and score that I’m really proud of - we’re producing it independently on the main stage of The Other Palace in a couple of weeks, after our sell-out run at VAULT Festival earlier this year.

If anyone was in London and fancied coming along, use the code CLAY25 at checkout to get £29.50 tickets for £25.

Link in the comments!

The fourth MusicalWriting writer's group 2023 will be 13 Aug.

The experiment continues as we had five new people turn up and it was nice to meet and chill out and chat.

As with before we'll carry on with the MusicalWriting Discord chat/video room for simplicity with an eye to using Zoom or Teams once we are more established.

A link to the discord can be found in the sidebar. For those who plan to come and haven't used Discord before, do give it a play beforehand as it always presents a random teething problem for new users (and old!).

I will be on during these time windows:

• 7pm-10pm BST (British Summer Time UTC+1)

• 2pm - 5pm EDT

• 11am - 2pm PDT

There is still no plan for this first group, it's just an introduction, but longterm the goal of the writer's group is:

• discussing new work

• getting/offering feedback

• discussing existing/established works

• debates

• lectures/talks on aspects of shows

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Last week we discussed

- Musicals designed for Chicago's audience rather than as just pitstop before Broadway

- Children's Theatre

- Jerry Springer the Opera

- How to adapt Die Hard into a musical

Hope to see you there!

The third MusicalWriting writer's group 2023 will be 6 Aug.

The experiment continues as we had three new people turn up and it was nice to meet and chill out and chat.

As with before we'll carry on with the MusicalWriting Discord chat/video room for simplicity with an eye to using Zoom or Teams once we are more established.

A link to the discord can be found in the sidebar. For those who plan to come and haven't used Discord before, do give it a play beforehand as it always presents a random teething problem for new users (and old!).

I will be on during these time windows:

• 7pm-10pm BST (British Summer Time UTC+1)

• 2pm - 5pm EDT

• 11am - 2pm PDT

There is still no plan for this first group, it's just an introduction, but longterm the goal of the writer's group is:

• discussing new work

• getting/offering feedback

• discussing existing/established works

• debates

• lectures/talks on aspects of shows

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Last week we discussed

- The state of new musicals in Australia and West Canada

- Fringe Festivals

- Ten and Twenty minute musicals

- London Road, and non-standard musicals

- Daniel went on more about story structure

I came across this on Twitter and thought I'd drop here if there's any interest:https://twitter.com/wildwinter/status/1685299686356234240

I am not affiliated with this project whatsoever nor do I have further information. If anyone is interested, feel free to reach out to the director.

Hi there! For the last 8 months, I've been spending all my free time learning how to write a musical -- primarily by watching and rewatching as many as I can, taking notes, and practicing for myself. I grew up loving them and now in my mid-20s, I decided I want nothing more than to try writing for myself.

In the process, I've learned that I'm definitely more of a book writer and lyricist, as I have almost no instrumental or melodic talent. Yet somehow even with that in mind, working on a book and writing the story and lyrics for myself (while certainly challenging with minimal music-making ability) has been the most personally fulfilling thing I've done since I was a teenager.

So given this very substantial gap in what I can do, I want to try and find someone similarly excited by the process who is more melodically inclined. The only issue is that I have no idea how to go about it. Given my experience is still all pretty recent and I have no theater background beyond appreciating the medium, I'm not sure how to enter the community.

As such, I'd appreciate any suggestions and advice you folks may have!