Photo Coverage: Claybourne Elder, Jose Llana, and More Perform in STAND ALONE

Stand Alone: Songs About and Written By Losers, an evening of new songs by Sam Salmond, was presented last night, November 12 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and you can check out coverage below!

The evening featured the talents of Claybourne Elder (Bonnie and Clyde), Gideon Glick (Into the Woods, Spring Awakening), Jose Llana(The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Corey Mach (Godspell), Eric William Morris (Mamma Mia!), Anne L. Nathan (Once) and Etai BenShlomo (Wicked).

Sam Salmond wrote book and lyrics for Mormons, Mothers and Monsters (a Boston Globe Critic’s Pick) with music by Will Aronson. The show received its world premiere production at Barrington Stage Company in 2011. He also penned the book and lyrics to Missing Parents, with music by Yoonmi Lee, which had a limited run at NYU in August 2012. He has participated in writer's residencies at Goodspeed, CAP21 and the Berkshire Playwright's Lab. Sam’s music and lyrics have been featured at William Finn’s Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know but Should, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other NYC venues. He is an alumnus of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

William Finn & Sam Salmond

Jason "Sweettooth" Williams

Eric William Morris

Salomon Lerner

Jose Llana

Alyse Alan Louis, Grace McLean, Etai Ben Shlomo, Jason "SweetTooh" Williams

The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Songs About & Written By Losers

William Finn, Michael Winther, Jose Llana

Michael Winther, Sam Salmond, Natasha Sinha

BWW Hi-Res Gallery - Original Version

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Stephen's life seems to have always revolved around a camera and a piano. He studied at Manhattan School of Music and performed in the "Borsht Belt" during college vacations, where in the true DIRTY DANCING tradition he met his wife Eda. Stephen was a Board Member of the First All Children's Theater and his wife, a classical pianist, is a Board Member of Barrington Stage Co. In between he made time to be CEO of a multi national machinery company and President of a domestic Textile Mfg. Co. In retirement, he now takes pictures of his 5 grandchildren and various other performers.

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