The critics weigh in!
"The musical takes the iconic novel and brings out even more character, history and depth through songs."
~Brenda Kelly-Kim, MHD Weekly News
“Marco’s effective lyrics juxtapose Gatsby’s unyielding hope for a rekindled relationship and Daisy’s reluctance to move on from the comfortable.”
“Marco and Schiro add a layer to Daisy’s backstory that the novel only hints at.”
“Captures the hedonistic revelry of a Gatsby party, the glittering world of excess and underlying moral decay, and the atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties.”
~ William J. Dowd, MHD Current
Two acts. One shimmering, shattering summer.
Our Tale
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved classic. Come relive the story of the great American novel told through the lens of the great American art form--the musical. Come visit the dazzling coastal reaches, the 'Eggs' of Long Island, during the days of excess and glamor of 1922.
Fred Anthony Marco: Book & lyrics
Fred Anthony Marco: Book & lyrics
Fred Anthony Marco: Book & lyrics
THE FAMILY FIORELLI (book & lyrics): The New York Musical Theatre Festival (Dir. Robert Bartley); The York Theatre, NYC (Dir. Charles Abbot). The American Harmony Prize Shortlist; National Alliance for Musical Theatre finalist;
LITTLE WEST FIFTH AVENUE (book & lyrics): Music in a Box Theatre NYC
THE REUNION (book & lyrics) Broadcas
THE FAMILY FIORELLI (book & lyrics): The New York Musical Theatre Festival (Dir. Robert Bartley); The York Theatre, NYC (Dir. Charles Abbot). The American Harmony Prize Shortlist; National Alliance for Musical Theatre finalist;
LITTLE WEST FIFTH AVENUE (book & lyrics): Music in a Box Theatre NYC
THE REUNION (book & lyrics) Broadcast Music International HQ, in NYC.
THE GREAT GATSBY was given a staged reading at Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC, featuring an all-Broadway cast, whom you can hear on the demo tracks below. North Shore Boston production dates TBA. Fred is an alumnus of the Tony Award ® winning BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop.
frank schiro: Music
Fred Anthony Marco: Book & lyrics
Fred Anthony Marco: Book & lyrics
PRYOR RENDERING (music/lyrics): World Premiere, City Repertory Theatre, Oklahoma City and The American Theatre, Tulsa, OK, 2016. THOSE MUSCLEBOUND COWBOYS FROM SNAKEPIT GULCH (music) 2018. SIMPLE MATH (music) New York Fringe Festival. TWICE UPON A BIRTHDAY (music), World Premiere Tulsa Opera, 2015-16; commissioned by Connecticut Opera;
PRYOR RENDERING (music/lyrics): World Premiere, City Repertory Theatre, Oklahoma City and The American Theatre, Tulsa, OK, 2016. THOSE MUSCLEBOUND COWBOYS FROM SNAKEPIT GULCH (music) 2018. SIMPLE MATH (music) New York Fringe Festival. TWICE UPON A BIRTHDAY (music), World Premiere Tulsa Opera, 2015-16; commissioned by Connecticut Opera; THE HAPPY PRINCE (Book, music and lyrics), Theatre Row, NYC, NYMF festival; THE BELOVED DEARLY (Music), TADA! Theatre; DOG AND HIS MASTER (Music and sound design), Lark Theater; COMMEDIA TONITE! (Music and lyrics), Lark Theatre; TWELFTH NIGHT, Wild Pantalettes Of Verona and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Music and sound design), American Globe Theater.
Broadway's best sing on our demos below.
Demos
Have a Look/The Me I Was Born to Be!
Nick Carraway narrates as East and West Egg duke it out over this 'Gatsby' fellow.
Oh You KId!
The bandleader delivers a popular party favorite.
In louisville
Jordan Baker gives Nick a surprising history lesson about his neighbor, Jay Gatsby.
Limits
Nick Carraway comes to his senses.
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