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Stephen Cole

STEPHEN COLE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Robert A Freedman Dramatic Agency  represented by Selma Luttinger

Stephen Cole is an award-winning musical Theatre writer whose shows have been recorded, published, and produced from New York City to London to the Middle east and AustraliA.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         After the Fair         Aspire         Casper - the Musical         Dodsworth         Grossingers         Inventing Mary Martin         Merlin's Apprentice         Merman's Apprentice         Miami Beach Monsters         My Heart Belongs To Mary         Night Of the Hunter         Piano Bar         Road To Qatar, The         Rock Odyssey         Saturday Night At Grossinger's         Time After Time

After the Fair

After the Fair
A bored married woman begins to write love letters on behalf of her uneducated maid Anna to a young man - Charles. Charles falls in love but is it for the physical Anna or the Anna of the letters

Notes:
Music by Matthew Ward; lyrics by Stephen Cole; based on the short story "On the Western Circuit" by Thomas Hardy

1st Produced:
Off Broadway At The York Theatre, NYC    30 Jun 1999

Organisations:
York Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Varese (302066075-2) 1999

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Aspire

Synopsis:
Commissioned by the emir of Qatar to open the world's largest domed soccer stadium, this lavish, spectacular musical inspired the writing of the Road to Qatar!

Notes:
Music by David Krane

1st Produced:
Aspire Academy, Qatar    Nov 2005

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Casper - the Musical

Synopsis:
Casper and his uncles live in Casper's house. they are all ghosts and they cannot pass over because Casper is waiting for his Father to return. It has been fifty years since he left. the government wants to pull the house down to build a highway but needs the deeds to the house. Casper has forgotten where they are. Magdalena Monteverde a radio host believes that the deeds will contain a clue to a buried treasure. She devises a reality show and has a bunch of youngsters search for the deeds. All Casper wants is a friend

Notes:
Music by Matthew Ward; additional music by Henry Marsh; lyrics and book by Stephen Cole. Based on the comic books published by Harvey Comics. there was an earlier version of this musical in London in 2000 - it was completely rewritten for the U.S. London version Music by Henry Marsh and Phil Pickett; lyrics and book by David H Bell

1st Produced:
Benedum Center, Pittsburg    Jun 2001

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Dodsworth

Synopsis:
Samuel Dodsworth a retired 60 year old automobile manufacturer has travelled to France with his much younger wife, Fran. Fran is a snob and embarks on a series of affairs with men her own age. Sam pines for a woman he met on the boat coming over from the States

Notes:
Music by Jeffrey Saver; lyrics and book by Stephen Cole. Based on the novel "Dodsworth" by Sinclair Lewis

1st Produced:
Casa Manana Theatre, Fort Worth, Texas    17 Oct 1995

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Music:
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Musical

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Grossingers

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Claibe Richardson; lyrics by Stephen Cole And Ronny Graham.

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Genre:
Musical

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Inventing Mary Martin

Synopsis:
celebrating Mary Martin's centennial

Notes:
Music supervised and arranged by DAVID KRANE

1st Produced:
York Theatre Company. Church at St. Peters, NY    27 Apr 2014

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical revue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Merlin's Apprentice

Synopsis:
Commissioned by Walden Media, this delightful tale of magic and growing up was a big hit at the Walden Family Playhouse.

Notes:
Music by Matthew Ward; Book by Susan Kim; lyrics by Stephen Cole

1st Produced:
Walden Family Playhouse In Denver    Apr 2003

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Genre:
Musical

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Merman's Apprentice

Synopsis:
1970. the Golden Age of Musical theatre is drawing to an end. But twelve-year-old Muriel Plakenstein doesn't know that. So she runs away from home to become a Broadway star, and meets the Queen of Broadway ethel Merman, who takes her to a Hello, Dolly! rehearsal where they sing together. When legendary producer David Merrick hears the kid, he decides to star Muriel in the first all-child cast of Dolly! Naturally, Merman takes her under wing to teach her the ropes of being a star. . .making little Muriel Plakenstein. . .Merman's Apprentice!

Notes:
Book & Lyrics by Stephen Cole Music by David evans

1st Produced:
New York City Industry Reading    04 Oct 2012

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical fable

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Miami Beach Monsters

Synopsis:
Miami Beach Monsters is the story of Frankenstein and his Bride, Dracula, the Wolfman, the Killer Tomato (a red-hot mama), and Catskilla (a lounge lizard stand-up comic), all of whom are bored with retirement in Florida and decide to re-enter show biz. But when Hollywood calls, it's not the same old town - and the monsters realize a quiet death, er, life in Miami Beach is more fulfilling than trying to make it again in Tinseltown.

Notes:
Written by Dan Berkowitz, Georgia Bogardus Holof And ellen M Schwartz; music by Michael Brown, David Mettee, Dick Gallagher, Steven Silverstein And David Strickland; lyrics by Stephen Cole, Michael Brown, Georgia Bogardus Holof And ellen M Schwartz

1st Produced:
Triad, 158 West 72nd Street, New York    31 Oct 1999

Organisations:
Re Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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My Heart Belongs To Mary

Synopsis:
A one woman show celebrating the career of one of the first ladies of the American Musical theatre. - Mary Martin

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Beecham Theatre, Ny    07 Sep 2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Night Of the Hunter

Night Of the Hunter
This "Hunter" shows plenty of potential. Richardson's score is most compelling. the hymns are Dramatically rich and Bowab's cast has the voices to sell them. Brian Noonan is a big, manly, deceptively clean-cut and frighteningly righteous Preacher, chillingly chummy with his God on "the Lord Will Provide", fiery in preaching his terrible gospel (the tempestuous "Love and Hate") and eerily pious in proposing to Willa ('expect a Miracle") and humiliating her on their "Wedding Night" Lynne Wintersteller is a captivating Willa: Touching. . .luminous. . .heartbreaking. . .and astonishing. - Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle

Notes:
Music by Claibe Richardson; lyrics And book by Stephen Cole. Based on the novel by Davis Grubb

1st Produced:
Willows Theatre, Concord, Ca    24 Sep 2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Varese (VSD-5876) 1998

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Musical

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Piano Bar

Synopsis:
Closing night of Floyd's Piano Bar. . .anything can happen. And does. Come and join the interactive fun!

Notes:
by Stphen Cole and Matthew Ward

1st Produced:
Don'T Tell Mama, NYC    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Road To Qatar, The

Road To Qatar, The
the Road to Qatar is a new true musical comedy about two American musical theatre writers commissioned to write a larger-than-life Broadway-style musical for the emir of Qatar. Surprises abound as the self-professed "short Jewish writers" soon find themselves traveling the globe in their own version of a madcap Bob Hope/Bing Crosby adventure.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Book And Lyrics By: Stephen Cole; Music By: David Krane

1st Produced:
Texas    2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Jay Records (1423)

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Genre:
95 min Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rock Odyssey

Synopsis:
Rock Odyssey is a fast and funny rock musical version of Homer's Odyssey for families to enjoy together. Travel from the heights of Mt. Olympus to the darkest Mediterranean caves with all the great characters from the greatest adventure tale of them all - the original rock idol Odysseus, his smart and soulful wife Penelope, his boy-band wannabe son Telemachus, the powerful gods Zeus, Athena and Poseidon, the one-eyed monster Cyclops, and the magical temptress Circe. And hear them like you've never heard them before - crooning love ballads and belting out anthems to a killer rock beat.

Notes:
Book by Stephen Cole Music & Lyrics by Billy Straus

1st Produced:
Walden Family Playhouse In Denver    Mar 2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Saturday Night At Grossinger's

Synopsis:
the early 1960's. Saturday Night. the Catskills. When the stars do not show up to entertain the packed house at the brand new nightclub at the greatest hotel in the Jewish Alps, the owner and founder, Jennie Grossinger enlists her family to tell the story of how it all happened. A hilarious, tuneful and ultimately moving 6 character musical about the rise of the Borscht Belt and the hotel that came to symbolize it all: Grossinger's!

Notes:
Book by Stephen Cole, Music by Claibe Richardson; Co-lyricist Ronny Graham

1st Produced:
Casa Manana Musicals, Fort Worth, Tx    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Time After Time

Synopsis:
H G Wells uses his time machine to go back and capture Jack the Ripper

Notes:
Music by Jeffrey Saver; lyrics And book by Stephen Cole

1st Produced:
Point Park University, Pittsburgh Pa    Jan 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
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