Theatrical Works

  • Critical Mass Postcard_Front2

    CRITICAL MASS
    A comedy by Joanne Sydney Lessner
    Carrie Greenlea reviews live opera performances, skewering unsuspecting singers for everything from bad high notes to bad nose jobs. Her husband, Norman, reviews recordings, and, having failed at a singing career himself, prefers to equivocate rather than hurt anyone’s feelings.

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  • The Haunted Hotel

    THE HAUNTED HOTEL
    Book and Lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
    Music and Lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
    A dysfunctional British family of adult siblings travels to Venice to investigate the mysterious death of their brother, Lord Montbarry. The prime suspect: his widow, the infamous Countess Narona, who became wealthy as a result of his demise.

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  • Einstein’s Dreams einstein4x6

    EINSTEIN’S DREAMS
    Book and lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
    Music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
    Based on the novel by Alan Lightman
    Trapped in an unhappy marriage and a job far beneath his intellectual capabilities, the young Einstein escapes into his dreams, lured by the siren call of a beautiful, elusive woman named Josette. In every dream, he gradually discovers, time works differently (i.e. backwards, standing still), so that just as in life, there are unpredictable obstacles to his romantic relationships.

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  • Garbo and Me

    GARBO AND ME
    Book and lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
    Music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
    Garbo and Me traces Greta Garbo’s dramatic journey from Swedish schoolgirl to Hollywood legend to New York recluse. Her cool Scandinavian beauty was limned with a smoldering sexuality that enthralled audiences and defied censors. But behind Garbo’s glamorous screen persona was insecure Greta, yearning for the snows of her homeland.

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  • Fermat’s Last Tango FermatCoverCOLOR

    FERMAT’S LAST TANGO
    Book and lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
    Music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
    In 1637, an amateur French mathematician named Pierre de Fermat jotted down a seemingly simple theorem in the margin of a textbook. He followed it with a tantalizing note: “I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is not large enough to contain.” But Fermat never wrote down his proof, and for centuries, mathematicians were stymied searching for it.

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