GENRE: A musical tragicomedy set in New York during Broadway’s golden age.
LOGLINE: A gifted music student is framed for murder by his college drama professor.
SUMMARY: Sir Jerome Beckham, composer of the beloved Mockingbird musicals is a fraud. The real composer is Beckham’s former student and convicted killer, Nick Fratianni. Wrongly imprisoned for the death of a student fifteen years ago, Nick now seeks to bring justice to the man who framed him and stole his work.
Book, lyrics, music, vocal arrangements, orchestrations, (and with sincerest apologies — male vocals on the demo recordings) by Bill Wandel. Female vocals performed by Annalise Griswold. Otto’s vocal on “Dumb it Down” performed by Tai Vare.