Queen Esther: The Summer of 2026
It is now the Summer of 2026. It is clear that juggling all the different aspects of launching a show is a Mount Everest of a task. Never give up! I clearly have a product that the world will hear, so I begin my shouting. Here is the short of the long of it: I last blogged in 2022. It is incredibly exciting to write a new musical. My heart pounds to get it in front of a crowd. Queen Esther is an incredibly fun show... on paper. Well, digitally to be more precise. The script is ready and the music has become this growing,...
Plans Change
Yep. Plans changed. It's been a whirlwind of excitement and fun. We bought a new house! The timing was way different than we expected. I can go into a long diatribe about it. In the end, much has happened. As Jesus and Judas would say, it's all for the best! (That's a musical reference for those that missed that boat). Before we move on, when there is an entire sentence in a parenthetical, does the period go on the inside or outside of the parenthesis? Comment below. New plans: The plan still includes a staged reading. ...
What’s the Plan?
"The plan" is a common theme throughout Esther. While there was no pre-meditated intention to make "plans" a theme of Queen Esther the Musical, plans change and now there are lots of references to plans. I believe in making plans, I know that plans change, and I embrace that change. So, yes, I have plans. Big plans! Plans are subject to change. Here are the plans: First and most obviously, I have songs and I have a script. That's where I am at as of today. In February of 2022, there will be a living room read, with thanks to...
What is Queen Esther the Musical?
Great question! Thanks. I asked it myself. Queen Esther the Musical is a broadway-style musical. It is based on the story of Esther, a young Jewish woman who becomes queen to the very rich, very generous, very drunk, and very temperamental King Achashverosh in Ancient Persia. Along comes wicked, wicked Haman, a man so evil, we blot out his name with the rasp of groggers. Haman is promoted to the king's Grand Vizier, then plots to kill the Jews. Esther must risk her own life to save her Jewish people. In the Jewish culture, we...
Reality Check Please
Now that you know I am aiming to hit Broadway with Queen Esther the Musical, it is completely fair to do a reality check on the end goal. Broadway has 41 theatres. Of those theatres, there are many shows that are not going away any time soon. Hamilton will probably outlive me. The Lion King, Wicked, and so on and so forth are incredible shows that deserve their Broadway houses. Furthermore, Queen Esther the Musical is not meant to fit in just any Broadway Theatre that becomes available. Plus, there is no doubt that Producers...
Throwing Darts at Broadway
The goal with Queen Esther is to throw this dart at Broadway. My friend Jason Hait and I used to play darts at the aptly named Dive Bar on the Upper West Side. I wasn't particularly great at the game. Neither did I completely suck. What I found is that if I threw enough darts, one of them would eventually hit a bullseye. And the more I played, the better I got. Getting Queen Esther on Broadway would be like hitting that bullseye. I'm just going to keep throwing darts. As Esther's cousin Mordechai says in Queen Esther the...