Bøker av Stephen Dolginoff

Stephen Dolginoff's Off-Broadway musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story was called "breathtaking" by The New York Times. It was honored with both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Musical. It then went on to have over two hundred productions spanning twenty-five countries and seventeen languages-and counting! His thirty-year odyssey with Thrill Me began in 1994 when he first started writing the script and score. Once it was finished, he experienced a series of "thrilling" events that he never could have predicted. From putting on staged readings himself in New York City, to attending opening nights of the show all around the world, he's collected plenty of behind-the-scenes stories, secrets, and surprises to share. What was the key to the success of Thrill Me? Determination? Luck? Talent? All three? In Thrill Maker, Stephen takes an honest look back over the past thirty years to help discover how a non-household-name musical-about two notorious murderers-could fly under the radar to become a bona fide worldwide hit. You may have never even heard of the musical Thrill Me-but after reading Thrill Maker, it's a good bet that you'll be "dying" to see it!

Vocal selections from the Off-Broadway musical THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY. Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominee for Best Musical.

BRAND NEW FOUR CHARACTER VERSION! In this new musical, award-winning author/composer Stephen Dolginoff (Thrill Me) has blended historical facts with a splash of fiction, a dose of comedy, and plenty of music to tell the incredible behind-the-scenes story of Orson Welles' notorious 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. When Panic begins, one full year has passed since the fateful night of the historic Halloween broadcast. The now-famousactor/director Orson Welles has gathered his Mercury Theatre Company back together at the CBS Radio Studio to present a brand new "live radio musical" which cleverly dramatizes how the broadcast was originally devised, performed, and received. As Welles hosts, the cautious producer, ethical writer, and wise-cracking leading lady help re-enact the incredible series of events which reveal how none of them could stop Welles from creating what he was sure would be his ticket to fame in Hollywood. But, in the process, he also created panic, pandemonium, and outrage---after many listening Americans mistakenly believed that the radio drama was a news report declaring a real invasion from Mars! Was it an accident, or was it Welles' plan all along? Either way, Orson Welles, H.G. Wells, and the entire media industry would never be the same. Panic is scored for one piano, and requires three men, one woman, an off-stage voice, simple scenery and a lot of imagination! The actors perform with their scripts in-hand. REVIEWS: "The music is quite wonderful, the lyrics are really sharp!" - BroadwayRadio"Dolginoff does well by Welles and Wells!" - Theatremania"The stuff of legend and a benchmark in broadcast history!" - Broadwayworld.com Please note: Panic is a fictionalized dramatization, inspired by a true story and facts in the public domain. The War of the Worlds broadcast sequence is a parody based solely on the original 1898 novel by H.G. Wells.

Based on the true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two 19-year-olds who murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago in 1924, Thrill Me focuses less on the murder itself than on the relationship between Leopold and Loeb.

A musical triple-feature inspired by three monstrously true, behind-the-scenes tales of the most famous monster movies in cinema history! In 1920s Germany, director F.W. Murnau fears he may lose a lawsuit brought by the estate of Bram Stoker over his silent vampire film Nosferatu, which is suspiciously similar to Dracula. Will all of the prints be destroyed? In 1930s Hollywood, make-up man Jack Pierce works carefully to create the defining look for Frankenstein's monster while trying to meet the

One year ago, Edmond died in a horrible fire. He took with him the dreams of his fiancée, Meredith, the trust of his best friend, Eric, and the answers to the burning questions that still linger about his death and the terrible crime he committed. But on a stormy night at the cemetery where he rests, the secrets from his past will finally refuse to stay buried; and those he left behind will finally refuse to stay silent. In this original, suspense-filled musical thriller by the author/composer