Douglas Levine, Composer-Pianist-Music Director-Educator-Episode #194

Mar 15, 2022 | 4 comments

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Douglas Levine is a composer, pianist, music director and educator based right here in Pittsburgh. He’s the composer/co-lyricist of the new musical Claws Out!, which was filmed and premiered online in 2020 by City Theatre. He’s also the composer/lyricist of Jazz Time!, a new musical filmed and streamed online in 2021 by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Arts Education Dept.

Douglas’s original scores have been premiered by such companies as: Pittsburgh Public Theater, Microscopic Opera Company, The Warhol, The Playhouse REP, Conservatory and Junior Companies, Attack Theatre, Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, Pittsburgh Classical Theatre, Dreams of Hope, Gateway to the Arts, Renaissance City Women’s Choir, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh and WQED FM.

Please be sure to stick around at the end of the show, because Doug has given us a great treat. We’ll hear three of his songs, The Mother Age, Not That Kind of Lawyer, and Zoey and Jake.

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Executive Producer: Steve Cuden, Producer: Casey Georgi, Announcer: Javier Grajeda
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4 Comments

Joe Warik on March 17, 2022 at 6:46 pm

Steve, As a novice entering the Musical Theater world, I thought you and Doug cleared up a great many thoughts I have had while attempting to write the book and especially the lyrics of a play and screenplay that I wrote many years ago— answers to me that have been a “puzzlement”. Many thanks to you both. See you on this Sunday’s Zoom.
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- Steve Cuden on March 24, 2022 at 9:41 am
  
  Thanks, Joe! So glad that you found this helpful!
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Karl Brandt on March 23, 2022 at 8:30 am

very nicely done and interesting all the way thru
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- Steve Cuden on March 24, 2022 at 9:40 am
  
  Thanks very much, Karl. So glad you enjoyed the episode! Douglas is fantastic!
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