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In
recent years I have found myself wielding a pen
more often than a baseball bat. Though I’ve
hit many homeruns with both, I find the older
I get the more colorful my life becomes. Several
years back, at a time when my grandmother was
suffering from Alzheimer's disease, I was sitting
in a diner in Northern New Jersey with a pen
and paper. At that moment I had never felt the
need to write more. Before I had finished my
cup of coffee there was a song on the page about
Gracie. The muse, spirit or whatever one needs
to call it, was made apparent to me that day.
And, she rears her pretty, little head when I
least expect it. Not long after, my grandmother
passed
away. The song was a gift to
her and the family. Since then, I have written
several plays, a film, an episodic series, and
countless songs. Ten of these songs will be debuted
in a cabaret this March, including Gracie’s
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BIO
Patrick has appeared in the Broadway
productions of Beauty and the Beast (Gaston), Titanic
(Barrett and Farrell), and the revival of 42nd
Street (Julian Marsh), after appearing in the critically acclaimed
national tour of the smash musical. Recently, Patrick
played several parts in Jerome Lawrence and Robert
E. Lee's Auntie Mame starring Charles Bush and participated
in New York Musical Theatre Festival's inaugural season
playing D.B. Norton in Meet John Doe. He has traveled
three continents, playing such roles as Victor in Private
Lives, Bo in Bus Stop, Tony in Dial "M" for
Murder, Billy in Carousel, in addition to roles in
I Do, I Do, Phantom of the
Opera, Romance/Romance,
The Fantasticks, A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum, Moon
Over Buffalo, and many more. Patrick
has performed the role of Wyatt Earp in Sundown in
developmental readings at the York Theatre, The Hal
Prince Musical Theatre Program, and in the ASCAP Musical
Theatre Workshop.
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