Watch Me Shine

 

 

Watch Me Shine is a musical history of the gay and lesbian experience...in about an hour.

It’s a new musical revue with original book & lyrics by Adam Sandel, and music by Richard Link. It’s an irreverant celebration of the challenges, joys, and triumphs that gays and lesbians have experienced throughout a century of gay history.

From the closeted years of the 1920s to the gay liberation movement of the ’70s, from the devastation of AIDS in the 1980s to a renewed sense of pride, freedom and determination today, the show’s 21 songs span an array of musical styles including jazz, blues, pop, folk, disco, country, R&B, gospel and rock & roll.

 

Watch Me Shine’s first production starred Paige Boston, Kieleil De Leon, Nick Kealy, Estelle Mays, Arthur Scappaticci, and Jeffrey Van Dyk.

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Hear Music

You can hear two songs from the show, Watch Me Shine and No Son of Mine.

The CD of the live cast recording has just been completed, and more details will be posted soon.