SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED
A THEATRICAL SONG CYCLE
MUSIC FOR “HE PLAYS THE CELLO” BY JEFFREY STOCK
LYRICS BY MARK CAMPBELL
“Sophisticated and beguiling.
VARIETY
“A surprising pleasure.”
THE NEW YORKER
“The best musical of the season.”
THEATERMANIA
“Funny, light, sardonic.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Unique and irresistible.”
TALKIN’ BROADWAY”
In 2005 SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED opened Off-Broadway to critical acclaim at New York Theatre Workshop. It has since received productions in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
This musical for one actor has smart, evocative lyrics by Mark Campbell and music by 18 composers. It’s a modern song-cycle, sung in pajamas, by a gay urban romantic.
In the song "HE PLAYS THE CELLO" (music and arrangement by Jeffrey Stock), our protagonist laments the earnest but inept cello-playing of his partner. Sung here by Michael Winther, who originated the role, it’s a comic turn that becomes a paean to loving tolerance
LISTEN
MICHAEL WINTHER performs "He Plays The Cello." LYRICS BY Mark Campbell, MUSIC BY Jeffrey Stock, from the original production of SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED, MUSIC DIRECTION BY Kimberly Grigsby, CELLO - David Kotay, DIRECTION by David Schweizer.
