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Leave The CannoliBook & Lyrics by Gary Apple, Music by Logan MedlandContact Email: jokewriter@gmail.com |
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Leave The Cannoli is a musical comedy that reveals how the horsehead got into the producer’s bed in The Godfather. Two low-level mobsters screw up a simple hit job and, as punishment, are given the worst assignment in the history of organized crime. They must:
Realizing the job is too big for the two of them, they assemble a team of quirky experts to help them. Their lives depend on the successful completion of the mission. We developed Leave The Cannoli during the pandemic and there have been no productions yet. Besides developmental table reads, we have presented staged readings at The Crane Theater, The Actor’s Temple and Urban Stages. The script was developed by Gary in the BMI Librettist Workshop. NOTE: Though set in the world of The Godfather, Leave The Cannoli does not use any characters, dialogue, or scenes from the movie series. It’s more like Rosencrantz & Guildenstern — the story behind the story everybody knows. GARY APPLE is a comedy writer with multiple credits in theater, sitcoms, and animation, including The Simpsons. He wrote the book, music and lyrics for Christmas In Hell, an award-wining show which ran Off-Broadway at The York Theatre (2018) and in Las Vegas (2022). Samuel French publishes four of his one-act plays, which have received hundreds of productions nationwide. He’s a member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop and the BMI Librettist Workshop. LOGAN MEDLAND is the writer, composer and lyricist of Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) and three subsequent Equity productions. (The Rev Theatre, The Plaza Theatre, The Ivoryton Playhouse) He’s also the composer/lyricist of Love Goddess: The Rita Hayworth Musical (Off-West End, Cockpit Theatre, 2022) He’s been a pianist and musical director on two Broadway shows and ten national tours. SONGS DEMO 1: The Benefits Of Never Getting Older – Mariano and Sebastian think they are going to be killed for screwing up an assignment. DEMO 2: After We Kill The Horse – The night before the mission, Mariano invites Arlene outfor a cocktail. DEMO 3: Meadow In The Sky – Sebastian sings this song over the fallen stallion. |
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Leave The Cannoli
Book & Lyrics by Gary Apple, Music by Logan Medland
Contact Email: jokewriter@gmail.com
Leave The Cannoli is a musical comedy that reveals how the horsehead got into the producer’s bed in The Godfather. Two low-level mobsters screw up a simple hit job and, as punishment, are given the worst assignment in the history of organized crime. They must:
- Sneak into a producer’s compound in the middle of the night
- Gain access to the world’s most valuable racehorse
- Kill it and cut off its head
- Then enter the producer’s mansion and slip it under his bedcovers without waking him up.
Realizing the job is too big for the two of them, they assemble a team of quirky experts to help them. Their lives depend on the successful completion of the mission.
We developed Leave The Cannoli during the pandemic and there have been no productions yet. Besides developmental table reads, we have presented staged readings at The Crane Theater, The Actor’s Temple and Urban Stages.
The script was developed by Gary in the BMI Librettist Workshop.
NOTE: Though set in the world of The Godfather, Leave The Cannoli does not use any characters, dialogue, or scenes from the movie series. It’s more like Rosencrantz & Guildenstern — the story behind the story everybody knows.
GARY APPLE is a comedy writer with multiple credits in theater, sitcoms, and animation, including The Simpsons. He wrote the book, music and lyrics for Christmas In Hell, an award-wining show which ran Off-Broadway at The York Theatre (2018) and in Las Vegas (2022). Samuel French publishes four of his one-act plays, which have received hundreds of productions nationwide. He’s a member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop and the BMI Librettist Workshop.
LOGAN MEDLAND is the writer, composer and lyricist of Fingers and Toes (NYMF 2010) and three subsequent Equity productions. (The Rev Theatre, The Plaza Theatre, The Ivoryton Playhouse) He’s also the composer/lyricist of Love Goddess: The Rita Hayworth Musical (Off-West End, Cockpit Theatre, 2022) He’s been a pianist and musical director on two Broadway shows and ten national tours.
SONGS
DEMO 1: The Benefits Of Never Getting Older – Mariano and Sebastian think they are going to be killed for screwing up an assignment.
DEMO 2: After We Kill The Horse – The night before the mission, Mariano invites Arlene outfor a cocktail.
DEMO 3: Meadow In The Sky – Sebastian sings this song over the fallen stallion.