JOHN & JEN – Performances by The Keen Company at the Harold Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row began February 10 and run through April 4. The show stars the incredible Kate Baldwin and the wonderful Michigan graduate Conor Ryan. We added a new song and have made lots of little changes. Come see us!

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BIG FISH – Speakeasy Stage in Boston! Performances of this revised version of the show begin March 13 and run to April 11.

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I AM HARVEY MILK – The Seattle Men’s Chorus present two performances, March 28 and 29. I’ll be Harvey again.

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THE WILD PARTY – At Encores’ Off-Center program this summer, July 15-18. So far it’s Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry but more cast announcements are coming soon. I’m making some exciting changes and hoping it’ll be a truly wild week!

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THE LIFE OF THE PARTY – We’ll have news very soon about the US premiere and pre-NYC version of the show that was a big success in London last year.

And speaking of London…

I can’t announce anything about The Addams Family. Yet.

Disney’s DESCENDANTS – I wrote the song for Maleficent (played by the phenomenal Kristin Chenoweth). The film airs on the Disney Channel in June.

THE MAN IN THE CEILING – Developmental reading coming up this spring prior to announcing our out of town production next year!

And hard at work on a new project but keeping tight-lipped at the moment! Watch this space for updates!

The Life of the Party, a celebration of the songs of Andrew Lippa, is to premiere at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory, beginning performances May 27 prior to an official opening May 30, for a run through June 14.

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Big Fish – Some important dates:

• February 18, 2013 = First day of rehearsal in NYC.
• March 18, 2013 = Off to Chicago!
• April 2, 2013 = First performance at the Oriental Theatre (scene of “The Addams Family” out of town tryout in 2009).
• May 5, 2013 = Final performance in Chicago. After that? Details to follow.

The Man In The Ceiling – Informal reading of the show in January in NYC. Full reading with full cast in July. Production details announced not long after that. I LOVE this show and love that it’s come back to life. Announcement of director and producer to come soon.

I Am Harvey Milk – Doing a presentation of the piece with singers and a piano in NYC on January 31. Then, the World Premiere in San Francisco June 27 and 28. Guess who may be playing the role of Harvey?

The Addams Family across the globe continues:

– Rio de Janeiro opens January 10, 2013

– Running since September, 2012 in Norköpping, Sweden (for a year)

Additional cities in 2013:

– Lima, Péru and a five-city tour of Italy.

– US National tour resumes in February, 2013

2014: Keep an eye out for London, Germany and Japan.

And I thought I’d continue to feature the feature in the Washington Post
from summer, 2012

john & jen – Possible one-night event in NYC. I’ll update ASAP.

Peepshow in Las Vegas – Enters its fifth year in March. Crazy successful! A new number went in the show in December, 2012. We like to keep updating it.

A Little Princess – Music Theater International (MTI) is licensing the show. It’s available for YOU to produce! Also, there’s a strong possibility of future commercial life. Stay tuned!

2 possible new projects I hope to start in 2013. Mum’s the word for now. But I’ll announce as soon as I can.

PERSONAL NEWS

Seminary: Graduation is June 8, 2013. I may graduate if I stop writing this update and get back to my homework! I will miss being in school so in September, 2013 I’m beginning Spanish language immersion classes so I can become fluent. I took four years of Spanish in high school – just enough to be frustrated every time I try to actually speak!

Tough Mudder the second: Well, I’d hoped to do my second Tough Mudder in February but have been sidelined from running since August. Hoping I can get to one by the summer or, at least, do a sprint triathlon. Long-range goal: Do a 1/2 Iron Man in 2015 when I’m 50!

The incredible Judith Clurman pulled together a choral cycle called “Sing Out, Mr. President” that was recorded and included on her CD “Celebrating The American Spirit”. The text comes from US presidents through the ages. I wrote the
Woodrow Wilson piece called “I Believe in Democracy”. See this great article on Huffington Post about the cycle.

The Addams Family US Tour – The tour continues to pack ‘em in across the US and Canada. Here’s a taste of what Toronto’s Globe and Mail had to say: “…a whole lot of show-stopping tunes with laugh-out-loud lyrics.”

Wow!!!

And The Washington Post just published this article:
Andrew Lippa, the musical force behind ‘The Addams Family’

Double wow!!

Big Fish – We are swimming full steam ahead. Rehearsals begin in February. Out of town (location announced soon) in April/May. Previews in NYC in July and opening mid-August, 2013! Casting announcement will be made in the fall. Stay tuned! Working with Susan Stroman is a dream come true. What a blessing to have another big Broadway musical. Looking forward to making the CD!

“Addams” around the world:

• Sao Paulo: Packing them in in Portuguese! We play there until the end of the year and then off to Rio!
• Sweden: Our first Scandinavian production of The Addams Family opens September 29. I couldn’t resist – hopping on a plane!
• More foreign productions to be announced soon but working on the Finnish and Italian translations soon.

The Man In The Ceiling – Disney moved on but we have a new director and producer and we’re doing a reading of a revised version in January, 2013. And guess who’s playing Uncle Lester for this reading? Guess… (me!) I’ve long wanted to return to performing. Here we go!

I Am Harvey Milk – I’ve been commissioned by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus to create a 45-minute choral work for 300 voices, soloists and orchestra. It will premiere the end of June, 2013. I’m writing the text and the music. This is a thrilling project for me and, as both a gay man and an artist, I’m very excited about it. Harvey was 48 when he was assassinated. I will be 48 when this premieres. I like that.

Undisclosed John Logan Project – Yes. John and I are inching closer to making a new original musical together. He’s an incredible man and an inspired writer. Stay tuned for more details.

A Little Princess – Music Theater International (MTI) is licensing the show. It’s available for YOU to produce! Also, there’s a strong possibility of future commercial life. Stay tuned!

The Wild Party – Can someone say revival? Quite possibly… Details to follow.

Oh, and there’s one other thing a-brewing that will be so exciting to announce but I can’t announce because it isn’t actually real yet but it might be real and when it is real I will announce it and I love run-on sentences, don’t you?

Personal news – I continue my fitness regimen and on May 12th I participated in an event called Tough Mudder. It’s an 11-mile, 20 obstacle, military-style obstacle course. I survived! September 15 is my first triathlon. I don’t know why I waited much of my life to get this involved with exercise but I’m hooked! See me mud-covered in the new pic on this site.

Seminary – Halfway through my first year in seminary on the way to becoming an Interfaith minister. It’s been a blessed journey so far. I hope to be a minister who writes musicals and fights Ninjas. Wish me luck! Shall it then be: Music and lyrics by Reverend Andrew Lippa?!? Heavens! (probably not…but it’s a thought!)

Enjoy!
Andrew

Happy 2012!

The Addams Family US Tour –   The tour continues to pack ‘em in across the US and Canada. Here’s a taste of what Toronto’s Globe and Mail had to say: “…a whole lot of show-stopping tunes with laugh-out-loud lyrics.” Wow!!!

The “Family” opens a brand new production in Sao Paulo, Brazil in February. In Portuguese yet! Then, a new production in Sweden, an 18-month tour of Australia that kicks off in March of 2013 and then on to Europe and Asia. More details as we have them.

Big Fish – We’re doing a 4-week workshop in New York City under the direction of Susan Stroman mid-March through mid-April. After that, announcements will be made about our out of town city and then, fingers crossed (!), Broadway in 2013.

Andrew’s on the road –  I head to Vegas in January to do a little clean up on Peepshow  – starting it’s 4th sexy year in March – and then off to Australia to cast “Addams” at the end of the month. Then, it’s off to San Francisco in February to meet on a new project (soon to be announced). Finally, I leave for Sao Paulo at the end of February to see the new production and then a little R&R in Rio and Buenos Aires. ¡Adios, Nueva York!

A Little Princess –   Music Theater International (MTI) begins licensing the show this month. It’s available for YOU to produce! Also, there’s a strong possibility of future commercial life. Stay tuned!

The Wild Party –   Can someone say revival? Quite possibly… Details to follow.

Personal news – I continue my fitness regimen and on May 12th am participating in an event called Tough Mudder. It’s an 11-mile, 20 obstacle, military-style obstacle course. I’m on a team called “Angry Pandas”. I’m training for this event very seriously so that I can climb a rope, scale a wall, and push through the mud on my elbows. What a fun way to spend a Saturday!

Seminary – Halfway through my first year in seminary on the way to becoming an Interfaith minister. It’s been a blessed journey so far. I hope to be a minister who writes musicals and fights Ninjas. Wish me luck!

The Addams Family US tour – We begin in New Orleans in September. There will be some surprises so if you’ve seen the show you might want to see it again! Next year: Sao Paolo, Scandinavia, Korea, and more. Details to follow.
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Big Fish – The incredible Susan Stroman is our director and choreographer. Schedule not quite set yet but you can bet we’ll be on Broadway in the 2012/2013 season.

October 29 and 30, Harrisburg, PA. The Harrisburg Symphony, under the direction of Stuart Malina, will premiere “The Addams Family Casket of Orchestral Grotesqueries”. This is an orchestral suite arranged by me and Larry Hochman and orchestrated by Larry. Larry and I will be there on the 29th. Will you?

That same weekend the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus will premiere the men’s choral arrangement of “Move Toward The Darkness” from The Addams Family. Mary-Mitchell Campbell has done the incredible arrangement. More excitement!

Australia! I’m of to Australia in November to help cast the Oz tour of The Addams Family. This will be my third time there.

My new project with John Logan is underway. One song down, many more to go. But it’s fun to be into a new one.

September 13th! (I’m out of chronological order, I know) A Little Princess CD release on Ghostlight Records!

October 16-19 at Texas State University, A Little Princess in concert. 20-piece orchestra, 40 student actors, and yours truly on the podium. We’re streaming live on October 19. Details to follow.

Personal news – Two BIG things: First, I’ve been accepted to a two-year, part-time program at One Spirit Learning Alliance. I will be studying the world’s great religions and, with hard work and some luck, will be ordained as an Interfaith minister in May of 2013. I will then be able to perform ministerial duties at all life-cycle events. This is my next step in my spiritual growth (having been a high-holiday cantor for 10 years this feels like an inevitable step for me) and evolution. I won’t demand anyone call me Reverend Andrew but maybe I’ll get some hotel discounts if I do!

Second, I’ve dropped over 30 pounds since last August, am in the best shape of my life (!), and will be participating in a triathlon next spring. My exercise regimen includes strength training, running, swimming, biking and more. I can now swim 1/2 a mile (I couldn’t swim 8 lengths in January). Thanks to Mary H. for all the lessons and encouragement in the pool. NONE of my clothes fit (a very good problem to have) so I’ll be shopping a lot in New Orleans and Australia.

Brooke Shields takes over for Bebe Neuwirth in The Addams Family on June 28!For more information read this: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149388-Brooke-Shields-Wil-Succeed-Bebe-Neuwirth-in-Broadways-The-Addams-Family