Rick Elice is a writer and former stage actor. Along with Marshall Brickman, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Jersey Boys, which received a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk nomination for best book for a musical in 2006. He collaborated with Brickman once again, this time writing the book for the musical, The Addams Family, which opened on Broadway on April 8, 2010. He wrote Peter and the Starcatcher, which opened in California in 2009, played off-Broadway in 2011, and moved to Broadway in 2012. Peter and the Starcatcher won five of the nine Tony nominations it received in 2012. He also wrote Leonardo’s Ring, Dog and Pony, and Turn of the Century. He was creative director at Serino Coyne, Inc. (1982–2000), where he produced advertising campaigns for more than 300 Broadway shows including A Chorus Line and The Lion King. He has been a creative consultant for Walt Disney Studios from 1999–2009.
Tune into this podcast and hear Rick talk about his unique path and . . .
- How he wrote his first project because of a blizzard and an egg timer. (Writers, you gotta try this!)
- The show that changed his life, and why.
- How understanding the marketing of Broadway helps him write for Broadway.
- The unbelievable and jaw dropping advice he got from Tom Stoppard.
- How the business reacted when he went from marketing guy to writer . . . and how you can transition too.
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