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Orella (STEPCHILD)
BOOK BY DAVID JAMES BOYD, CHAD KESSLER AND KALEN FEENEY MUSIC AND LYRICS BY DAVID JAMES BOYD
(Rough Draft Festival 2018/ Create N.Y.C. Disability GoForward Grant Recipient 2019 , I.R.T. Theatre)
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/11/08/plays-with-a-difference-steppenwolf-launches-the-mix/
—AMERICAN THEATRE
Yahoo News via The Mighty covers recent workshop process of new musical, Stepchild.
—YAHOO NEWS/THE MIGHTY
Deaf And Hearing Broadway Vets Reunite For Presentation Of New Musical STEPCHILD
—BROADWAY WORLD
—DPAN FEATURE, TRUEBIZ ENTERTAINMENT
Previewing ‘Stepchild, A New Musical’ in the Rough Draft Festival at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center: An Interview with David James Boyd, Chad Kessler, and Kim Weild
—DC METRO ARTS
—CBC(CANADIAN BROADCAST SYSTEM)
SONG OF THE SERPENT
BOOK BY ERIK RANSOM AND DAVID JAMES BOYD MUSIC BY DAVID JAMES BOYD LYRICS BY ERIK RANSOM
—BROADWAY WORLD
—BROADWAY WORLD (PHOTOS)
MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING
PLAY BY ANTHONY WILKINSON MUSIC AND LYRICS BY DAVID JAMES BOYD
Starring The Real Housewives Of New Jersey!
—Theatermania
—Playbill
https://www.broadway.com/shows/my-big-gay-italian-wedding/
—Broadway.com
"Genuinely entertaining…”
—The New York Times
“A bubbly romp...”
—The Huffington Post
“A big, sloppy same-sex smooch, wrapped in a gooey canoli. And yet, deep down, it’s got heart.”
—Associated press
“Insanely funny and fun concoction…”
---Edge New York
THE GROOVE FACTORY
BOOK BY CHAD KESSLER AND DAVID JAMES BOYD MUSIC AND LYRICS BY DAVID JAMES BOYD
(Theatre At St. Clements)
Download Press Kit here(p.d.f.)
“Campy romp…”
---Everythingmusicals.com
“Boyd has that disco sound down…”
—Backstage
“ROCK OF AGES meets VALLEY OF THE DOLLS”
—Talkin’ Broadway
“…A queer riff on CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY…the hottest club in town…”
—TheatreMania
CARNIVAL ROUND THE CENTRAL FIGURE
(IRT Theatre)
“Clever and confounding…a funny and beguiling 100 minutes…”
—The New York Times
“Engaging…talented choir…”
—Nytheatre.com
“Compelling…”
—The New York Post