LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon*

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Stephen Schwartz is best known as a composer and lyricist of Broadway musicals, such as WICKED, GODSPELL, PIPPIN and the upcoming THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, and as an Academy-award-winning songwriter for such films as THE PRINCE OF EGYPT and Disney’s POCAHONTAS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and ENCHANTED.   But in the field of contemporary classical music, he collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s MASS and has composed several choral pieces and repertoire for individual opera singers.  Mr. Schwartz has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.  In addition to his three Oscars, other awards include four Grammy Award and a special Tony Award for his support of young theatre artists. http://www.stephenschwartz.com.

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Breath of Life, Cantata Café, Happy Endings, Mimì's Perfect Day, Gianni Schicchi, Lyric Cabaret, Three Skeleton Key, Night at the Algonquin, Rita*

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon*

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Cantata Café*

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon*

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LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Music of the Movies, cabaret*​

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon*​

As LSL's Artistic Director and Co-Founder, I am honored and delighted to present the regional premiere of this thrilling work by multi-award winning composer, Stephen Schwartz.  In addition to a brand new production, a new chamber orchestration has been arranged by Robert Hunt and Stephen Schwartz.  As Mr. Schwartz said, "On Broadway, there's no such thing as one person doing it all...the Musical Director, Robert Hunt has been my absolute hero in this process, aided and abetted of course by Kelli Estes... [Hunt] has done absolutely brilliant work."  Séance on a Wet Afternoon will be LSL's 14th new works premiere and marks the 3rd production of this exciting opera since the 2009 Opera Santa Barbara and 2011 New York City Opera 2011 debuts.  We are profoundly humbled to collaborate with and welcome the living legend, Stephen Schwartz to Houston for our opening night!

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Breath of Life*

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Breath of Life, Cantata Café, Happy Endings, Mimì's Perfect Day, Gianni Schicchi, Madeline, Adrift in Macao, Viva la Mamma, Three Skeleton Key, Night at the Algonquin, Rita, Suzanne's Secret, Talk Opera, Gallantry, A Hand of Bridge, Bruschino, The Silken Ladder, On the Twentieth Century*

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Breath of Life, Cantata Café, Madeline, Adrift in Macao, Viva la Mamma, Three Skeleton Key, Night at the Algonquin, Talk Opera, Gallantry, A Hand of Bridge, Bruschino, The Silken Ladder*

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, Breath of Life, Three Skeleton Key*​

LSL Productions (*debut)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon*​