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The Drama Book Shop presents, in association with Jay Michaels Global Communications, for THRILL MAKER: The Story of My Musical Thrill Me with Stephen Dolginoff
About the Book
THRILL MAKER: The Story of My Musical Thrill Me
Stephen Dolginoff’s Off-Broadway musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story was called “breathtaking” by The New York Times. It was honored with both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Musical. It then went on to have over two hundred productions spanning twenty-five countries and seventeen languages—and counting!
His thirty-year odyssey with Thrill Me began in 1994 when he first started writing the script and score. Once it was finished, he experienced a series of “thrilling” events that he never could have predicted. From putting on staged readings himself in New York City, to attending opening nights of the show all around the world, he’s collected plenty of behind-the-scenes stories, secrets, and surprises to share.
What was the key to the success of Thrill Me? Determination? Luck? Talent? All three? In Thrill Maker, Dolginoff takes an honest look back over the past thirty years to help discover how a non-household-name musical—about two notorious murderers—could fly under the radar to become a bona fide worldwide hit. You may have never even heard of the musical Thrill Me—but after reading Thrill Maker, it’s a good bet that you’ll be ‘dying’ to see it!
About the Author
Stephen Dolginoff is the writer, composer, and lyricist of the Off-Broadway musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, for which he received Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Musical and Best Music, an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Off-Broadway musical, and won an ASCAP Music Award.
His musical suspense thriller, Flames; his horror movie musical homage, Monster Makers; and Panic, his musical based on the story behind the War of the Worlds broadcast, are continually performed all over the world. For his early musicals, Stephen received a Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics and a MAC Award nomination. Stephen holds a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. His musicals are published by Samuel French/Concord Theatricals and Dramatists Play Service/Broadway Licensing.
As an actor, Stephen played the role of Nathan Leopold in Thrill Me Off-Broadway, regionally, and on the cast album; originated the roles of Max Schreck, Boris Karloff, and Peter Cushing in the original New York production of Monster Makers; and portrayed Orson Welles in the New York premiere of Panic. Thrill Maker is his first book.
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