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Michael Friedman

MICHAEL FRIEDMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  represented by Derek Zasky

Michael Friedman has composed music and lyrics for the Civilians' Canard, Canard, Goose?, Gone Missing, and (I am) Nobody's Lunch, as well as music for many productions in New York, London, and regionally. He is currently working on an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland with annie Weisman for the La Jolla Playhouse, and musicals for the Kennedy Center and Huntington Theatre. He is an artistic associate at New York Theatre Workshop, was the Dramaturg for the recent Broadway revival of a Raisin in the Sun, and an associate artist of the Obie-award winningCivilians. He lives in New York City.

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below is a list of Michael Friedman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: the Concert Version         Fortress of Solitude         In the Footprint: the Battle Over Atlantic Yards         Love's Labour's Lost         Paris Commune         Porn the Musical         Pretty Filthy         Saved         This Beautiful City         Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: the Concert Version

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: the Concert Version
Bloody Bloody andrew Jackson: the Concert Version is a fast-paced entertainment that takes a sharp, irreverent look at America's seventh president, andrew Jackson. This satirical epic reveals questions about the country we live in and the leaders we choose
- press release

Notes:
book by Alex Timbers; music And lyrics by Michael Friedman

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Original cast recording: Ghostlight (844432) 2010

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Fortress of Solitude

Synopsis:
Two teenagers, Dylan and Mingus, are obsessed with comic books and superheroes believe they can fly

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Friedman; book by Itamar Moses. Based on the novel "Fortress Of Solitude" by Jonathan Latham

1st Produced:
Dallas Theater Center, Dallas     07 Mar 2014

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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In the Footprint: the Battle Over Atlantic Yards

Synopsis:
the Civilians presents the world premiere of In the Footprint: the Battle Over Atlantic Yards, a new play with music. the site of the future Atlantic Yards Project including the Barclays basketball arena is located two blocks away from the theater where In the Footprint will chronicle the conflicts surrounding the largest land development project in Brooklyn's history. This lively theatrical production is inspired by interviews with the real-life players in the controversy, representing many different perspectives: residents of Prospect Heights and Fort Greene, political leaders such as Letitia James and Marty Markowitz, members of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, union members, and project supporters such as aCORN's Bertha Lewis. This show is the culmination of a two-year long company investigation. the creative team listened to Brooklynites from Borough Hall to barber shops to gain insights into both the Atlantic Yards Drama and the ongoing story of gentrification. In the Footprint, along with several pre- and post-show dialogues, will examine the conflicts that erupted in the case of the Atlantic Yards through to their current resolution in an attempt to discover how the fate of the city is decided in present-day New York and what can be learned from this epic and ongoing story of politics, money, and the places we call home.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Steven Cosson And Jocelyn Clarke, music And lyrics by Michael Friedman, from interviews by the company

1st Produced:
Irondale Center
85 S. Oxford Street, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217     22 Nov 2010

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2012   

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Genre:
Piece

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling, flexible casting

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Love's Labour's Lost

Synopsis:
The King and his Ivy League Frat Brothers make a pact. They will spend three years alone in contemplation, reading Elizabethan plays in their original form and no sex. Then their crushes from college turn up

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Music and lyrics Michael Friedman; book Alex Timbers. Based on "Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare

1st Produced:
Public Theatre, New York     2013

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Genre:
Musical

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Paris Commune

Paris Commune
With actual songs from the period and a text constructed from primary historical materials, Paris Commune employs a bold theatrical form to tell the story of the Parisian uprising of 1871 -the first socialist revolution in europe.

Notes:
Co-authored by Steven Cosson And Michael Friedman.

1st Produced:
Workshop At La Jolla Playhouse     2006

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Genre:
music-theatre documentary Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Porn the Musical

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Music And lyrics by Michael Friedman; book by Bess Wohl

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Center Theater Group

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Genre:
Musical

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Pretty Filthy

Synopsis:
Armed with their notepads and recorders, artists from the intrepid investigative theater company The Civilians crossed the mountain range that divides Hollywood from the other Hollywood--the San Fernando Valley, world capital of porn. The Civilians' crew listened and learned, conducting interviews and visiting sets to get an insider's glimpse into a world that is far more than the sum of its (very) visible parts. The Civilians' time in the Valley captured a singular time in our culture; this digital era that's radically transformed the business of sex. Pretty Filthy is ultimately a story about trying to make a life and a living in an ever-changing worlda task that's all the more complicated when your work is so intimately tied to customer satisfaction.

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music and lyrics by Michael Friedman; book by Bess Wohl

1st Produced:
Playhouse Theater, Abrons Arts Center, NY     31 Jan 2015

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Genre:
one act musical 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Saved

Synopsis:
In Saved, good girl Mary and her domineering best friend Hilary Faye are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American eagle Christian High School-that is, until Mary's boyfriend tells her he thinks he's gay. When Jesus appears in a vision, and Mary heeds his message "to do everything she can to help him," her good deeds are met with dire consequences, and Mary is forced to question everything she's ever believed. Through it all, she finds faith in unexpected places and learns what it truly means to be saved. This new musical is based on the recent film of the same name.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
music And lyrics by Michael Friedman; book And lyrics by John Dempsey And Rinne Groff

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage, NY     2008

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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This Beautiful City

This Beautiful City
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written by Steven Cosson, Michael Friedman, And Jim Lewis. Humana Festival 2008: the Complete Plays brings together All eleven scripts from the 2008 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 32nd Annual cycle of world premiere productions staged At Actors theatre of Louisville. the seven full-length plays And four ten-minute plays represent An exceptional Array of work by some of the most exciting new voices in American theatre

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular

Synopsis:
the astounding Krispinsky! the all-American Feminem! the amazing Screaming Vegan, the Formerly amazing Bob, and Mr. McBuffer the Renegade Puppet! With American culture and politics growing increasingly surreal, Actors theatre of Louisville commissioned seven marquee playwrights to create a variety-show satire in the grand old vaudeville tradition -- from ventriloquists to contortionists to Lady Liberty on a trapeze. With songs!

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1st Produced:
Actors Theatre Of Louisville (Louisville, Ky, United States)     2005

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Genre:
80-95 min Satirical musical comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  8 males, 8 females (10-30 actors possible: 5-15 males, 5-15 females)

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