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Up & Coming: Nicholas Connell A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Nicholas James (Nick) Connell came to Boston to study Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Some gigs music directing student shows at both Berklee and The Boston Conservatory led …

Interview with Alex Timbers Tony-nominated writer/director Alex Timbers had two shows running on Broadway simultaneously by the age of 32: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which he wrote with composer Michael Friedman, and The Pee Wee Herman Show. Timbers is also …

Bloody Bloody Hard Work Sometimes, ideas happen easily. Get the right personalities and ingredients together, and a concept can emerge seemingly from thin air. Case in point: it only took one coffee-shop discussion for Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman to …

Andrew Jackson Timeline Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) served as the seventh president of the United States. Born to immigrant parents and orphaned in his youth, Jackson was the first “self-made man” and the first “westerner” …

Interview with Michael Friedman What was your exposure to theater growing up, and what contributed to your tastes musically and theatrically when you were starting out? I come out of the music side of things, I was a classical guy, …

Gus Curry: I’m So That Guy Is it true that you grew up on a farm in Ohio? 100% baby. 200+ acres. It was my dad’s family’s farm from generations back. We lived in his grandmother’s house. To be more …