BIG MAMA! The Willie Mae Thornton Story

Standing 6’ 3”, weighing 365 lbs and bad as she wanted to be, “Big Mama” (Willie Mae Thornton) became one of America’s wildest R&B women and one of the blues’ most colorful pioneers. Known for “Hound Dog”, “Ball ‘n Chain” and “Watermelon Man”, this musical revue takes the audience through one woman’s gritty, hard-rocking history … Read more

GREASE onstage video projection

I helped run a theatre company for a couple of years that developed into a very successful children’s theatre company. GREASE was one of our most popular shows. This video was projected onto an 8’x6′ screen on the House Right wall. For this vimeo version, I shortened all the slides with no music to 2 … Read more

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH onstage video projection

This was projected onstage during the production of this live musical theatre piece. Normally staged with a skeleton cast, we fleshed out all the members that Hedwig spoke/sang about. For this web version/to approximate what you would have seen in the audience, I shortened all the slides to 2 seconds (just to give you an … Read more

AN EVENING WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY

This video played behind the performer impersonating Billie Holiday in this musical revue. For this vimeo version, I shortened all the slides to 5 seconds (just to give you an idea). On the slides that the performer sang during, I only used the musical intro. Timecode and credits 00:00 Show Graphic 00:05 Piano player introduces … Read more

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN onstage video projection

I helped run a theatre company for a couple of years that developed into a very successful children’s theatre company. YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN was one of our first shows. We also used material from SNOOPY, THE MUSICAL and FREE TO BE YOU AND ME. This video was projected onto the back wall. … Read more