Of course for the songs to function fully for these distinct characters and situations, the lyrics would have to be rewritten to a very great extent.

However, since they were going to be the ones doing the work, I thought why not let them give it a try? Little did I know …Īlong the way, as I became attracted by the characters of Dan and Sue and their experiences which resonated so strongly for me, and as I became increasingly enticed by the cleverness of the book David Stern was developing, I found myself drawn into the writing process. My response to other attempts of this sort that I had seen was that the songs, and particularly the lyrics, seemed to have been awkwardly wedged into the new structure, requiring the audience to overlook individual lines and ideas for them to feel somewhat coherent within the new story. I had never seen songs written for other shows successfully repurposed to tell a different story with different characters, at least not songs as specific as those necessary for contemporary musical theatre. When David Stern and Michael Scheman first approached me about using my songs to tell a story about relationships and rites of passage, I have to admit I was dubious. Please feel free to use the statement below in your program:Ī NOTE ABOUT SNAPSHOTS FROM STEPHEN SCHWARTZ The songs are mostly well-known ones from Schwartz’s shows, but many of the lyrics have been revised by Stephen for this new context. As the photographs come to life (played by four other actors who also play Dan and Sue at younger phases of their lives), the couple uncovers secrets and surprises that change their relationship. A married couple, Dan and Sue, who have drifted apart after their son has left for college, discover a box of photographs of their life together on the night Sue has planned to leave the marriage.

A hybrid - part revue and part book musical - SNAPSHOTS is billed as a “musical scrapbook”.

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