Book & Lyrics by Lisa Diana Shapiro Music by Georgia Stitt

April 26th – May 18th

Samantha is a lonely kid who prowls the black-and-white, rain-washed streets as Samantha Spade, Ace Detective, the go-to gumshoe who always solves the case (for $25 a day, plus Twizzlers). Get a sneak peek at www.samanthaspademystery.com

Music In Cincinnati | By Mary Ellyn Hutton

“Entitled “Waiting for Wings,” the concert had a featured insect, the butterfly, and a specially commissioned work, “Waiting for Wings,” in its world premiere. Composers Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt, who attended the concert, were inspired by the children’s book of the same name by Lois Ehlert.  Brown and Stitt’s work came across as big and splashy, with lots of cinematic appeal. Scored for large orchestra, it is highly picturesque and makes inventive use of instrumental colors and textures. One could see the newly hatched butterflies coasting across the pages of Ehlert’s book in more ways than one.” Read More…

Playbill | By Michael Gioia

“I’d say it’s lush and energetic with many robust melodies,” Stitt explained to Playbill.com via email. “We knew the audience was going to be made up of kids and their parents, so we wanted to give them musical ideas they could remember. The text of the book is spoken throughout the piece; we have the fantastic Thane Maynard (director of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden) narrating, so it lives somewhere in the world of ‘A Lincoln Portrait’ meets ‘Peter And The Wolf.” Read More…

Broadway World | By BWW News Desk

“NEO (an acronym for “New, Emerging, Outstanding”) celebrates songwriters primed to pen the next generation of musicals. Since the first NEO concert 9 years ago — recorded by England’s JAY Records– musical theatre fans and York supporters eagerly anticipate each incarnation.” Read More…