Paul Gordon is a composer and lyricist nominated for a 2001 Tony Award for the music and lyrics to the musical Jane Eyre. He is also the recipient of the 2009 Ovation Award for his music and lyrics to Daddy Long Legs which has had productions all over the world, including Off-Broadway, where it was nominated for 2 Drama Desk Awards, an Off-Broadway Alliance Award and 3 Outer Critic Circle awards. His other shows include: Little Miss Scrooge, Death: The Musical, The Front, Juliet and Romeo, Sleepy Hollow, Pride and Prejudice, The Circle and The Sportswriter.
But Paul is much more than a brilliant Composer/Lyricist. He’s an incredible art-trepreneur who knows that having some Broadway shows doesn’t mean you can sit back and wait for the offers to come in. We talked about what he does to get his work out there and more, including:
- How his super successful pop career writing songs taught him how to write great musical theater songs. (He reveals what pop songs he wrote and you won’t believe it!)
- Getting the courage to tell a Tony Winner that he didn’t want to change his show, even when he had never worked in the theater before!
- Why he started StreamingMusicals.com as a way to showcase his and YOUR work – and how it already landed him a licensing deal.
- What he learned from his first Broadway show, Jane Eyre, and what he’d do differently next time.
- Where he gets his ideas and what he does first.
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