In this brilliant companion to their hit revue STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire follow up their earlier "songs of innocence" with twenty-four funny, wise and witty "songs of experience."
As with their earlier revue, each song in CLOSER THAN EVER is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about love, security, happiness-and holding onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals with parents, as well as wicked satirical jabs at Muzak, working couples and unrequited love. Included are several songs that were cut from the acclaimed BABY.
Videos
![]() |
A Driving Beat
FIM Flint Repertory Theatre (3/14 - 3/30) | |
![]() |
Groundhog Day the Musical
Grosse Pointe Theatre (3/28 - 4/6) NEW MUSICAL | |
![]() |
Sense & Sensibility
The Encore Musical Theatre Company (2/27 - 3/16) NEW MUSICAL MICHIGAN PREMIERE
VIDEOS
| |
![]() |
Clue
Stranahan Theater (5/6 - 5/11) | |
![]() |
Steel Magnolias
Birmingham Village Players (3/14 - 3/30) | |
![]() |
The Turn of the Screw (title change)
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre (3/27 - 3/30) | |
![]() |
Sesame Street Live! Say Hello
Miller Auditorium (5/11 - 5/11) | |
![]() |
The Naughty List
Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre (11/6 - 12/21) | |
![]() |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Inspire Theatre (3/21 - 4/6) | |
![]() |
The Book of Mormon
Wharton Center (6/19 - 6/22) | |
VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW |
Recommended For You