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Music+Lyrics by RSO: Vol. 3 released Oct. 20

October 13, 2015

New RSO Songbook to be digitally released on October 20

On October 20, 2015 Music+Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver will be available for digital download for $34.99 in the online store.

Highlights of the book include:

20 songs with piano-vocal arrangements and chords
Featuring never-before-released tunes from WE FOXES and DARLING, plus more
3 key changes for popular gender-benders

Full list of songs:
“Sorrow Done” from We Foxes
“Map of Scars” from We Foxes
“Ruination” from We Foxes
“City of Angels” from We Foxes
“Clever” from Darling
“Ground” from Darling
“You’ll Never Grow a Day Older” from Darling
“Awful People” from Jasper in Deadland
“The Forgetting” from Jasper in Deadland
“One More Day of Snow” from Jasper in Deadland
“Hungry for Your Heart” from Jasper in Deadland
“Lifesong” from Jasper in Deadland
“The Killing” from Jasper in Deadland
“On Her Trail”
“Crazytown” from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition
“Hemming and Hawing” from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition
“Mama, Let Me In” from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition
“Leave, Luanne” (female key) from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition
“On Monday” (male key) from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition
“To Do” (male key) from Out of My Head

RSO IN LONDON VIDEO PLAYLIST

July 19, 2015

Videos from ‘RSO in London’ Released.

RSO in London took place at the St. James on March 23, 2015. The cast included: two time Oliver-nominee Emma Williams, current Kim in Miss Saigon on the West End, Eva Noblezada, BBC’s Any Dream Will Do Daniel Boys and Anton Zetterholm of European productions of Tarzan,Wicked, and Les Miz.:

RSO in London was directed by Katie Pesskin with music direction by Michael Riley and was produced by Susan Winter and Katie Pesskin for As Told By Productions.

‘JASPER IN DEADLAND’ VOCAL SELECTIONS RELEASED AUG.4

July 19, 2015

‘Jasper in Deadland’ Vocal Selections will be released for digital download on August 4, 2015.

After an off-Broadway run in 2014 and a critically acclaimed production at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater, songs from Jasper in Deadland will be released to the public for purchase in a digital vocal selections book, on August 4th, 2015. The selections will include hit songs like Stroke by Stoke, and Living Dead as well as never-before-released songs. Books ($34.99) and individual songs ($8.99) will be available for purchase at www.ryanscottoliver.com/store

Vocal Selections Include:

Stroke by Stroke
The Forgetting
Living Dead
Awful People
Hungry for Your Heart
Lifesong
The Killing
One More Day of Snow

Jasper in Deadland tells the story of 16-year-old Jasper, who journeys into the Afterlife to rescue his recently deceased best friend, Agnes. But in this version of the hereafter – known as “Deadland,” a hybrid of mythology, religion, and superstition – the dead forget Life… And so, too, will Jasper, if he can’t get past the seven circles of Deadland, fearsome Cerberus, heavenly Beatrix, mysterious Mr. Lethe, and ultimately himself. Can Jasper bring his best friend back from the dead, or will he join the dead forever? Book by HUNTER FOSTER and RYAN SCOTT OLIVER, music and Lyrics by RYAN SCOTT OLIVER.

NEW VIDEO RELEASED!

July 19, 2015

“My Lass, She Tied Her Lace to Me” from ROPE

Music and Lyrics by RYAN SCOTT OLIVER

In 1864, two young men (one blind, one sighted) tie together to form a friendship that will live forever. Our guides and onstage band The Daybreak Boys bless them as they unite.

Performed by: THOMAS KNAPP, CORY JEACOMA, TRAVIS KENT, JOHN-MICHAEL LYLES

Like this? Check out “Welcome-ye, You’re in Five Points” and “I Have Seen the After.”

‘WE FOXES’ READING AT PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS

July 18, 2015

On July 24, 2015, ROS’s ‘We Foxes’ will receive a closed reading at Playwrights Horizons directed by Leigh Silverman.

The reading stars Katie Thompson, Emily Rogers, Ben Crawford, and Ben Frankhauser with Jill Abramovitz, Cory Jeacoma, Natalie Charle Ellis, Tori Huston-Elem, Will Erat, P.J. Griffin, Azudi Onyejekwe, Jen Perry, and Jim Stanek. Creative team includes Music Director Rich Silverstein, Music Assistant Kailey Marshall, with Stage Manager David Lurie and Production Assistant Nessie Nankivell.

We Foxes is a southern Gothic thriller set in small-town Missouri, 1945. It’s the story of WILLA, a tough and unmannered orphan girl, and her adoption by the crafty Sheriff’s wife, VESTA QUIMBY. When Willa discovers the dark secrets beneath the floorboards, a war cuts them apart and Willa must fight to survive. After all, Vesta Quimby is the most beloved and powerful woman in town … Yet she’s less humanitarian socialite than she is Machiavellian sociopath… Can Willa discover her own salvation, deliver herself into courage, and sacrifice everything to escape Vesta? It is a story of intense human struggle, deliverance, and the great salvation found only through oneself.

The reading is produced by Grove Entertainment and hosted by Playwrights Horizons.

Katie Thompson performs “Ruination” from We Foxes below.