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Dana P. Rowe is an American composer whose musical theater works have been performed internationally with commercial productions in London's West End (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Prince of Wales, The Donmar Warehouse), Russia, Czech Republic, Japan (including Tokyo's Imperial Garden Theatre), Germany, Australia, New York City and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

With lyricist, John Dempsey, he wrote the music for Off-Broadway's Zombie Prom, The Fix (directed in London at the Donmar Warehouse by Oscar winning director, Sam Mendes), a stage adaptation of John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick and an operetta for children based on Kenneth Grahame's story of The Reluctant Dragon.

Rowe and Dempsey received Olivier Award nominations for The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick, both of which were produced in London by Sir Cameron Mackintosh and premiered in the US directed by Eric Schaeffer at the Tony winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA.

The Witches of Eastwick (in Portuguese) opened at the beautiful  Teatro Bradesco, São Paulo, Brazil, August 14th.

Dana recently collaborated with Maribeth Graham to write See Jane Run! which premiered in Miami at the Actors' Playhouse July 15, 2011.

He also composed the score for The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, a musical based on the famous bank-robbing couple, with book and lyrics by Michael Aman and Oscar E. Moore. The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde was a featured work-in-progress at the 2005 New York Musical Theater Festival.

Next up, another collaboration with John Dempsey, Brother Russia.

Visit Dana's artist page on Amazon.com

BROTHER RUSSIA World Premiere Set for Spring 2012 @ DC's Signature Theatre
(from Playbill.com)

The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre's 2011-12 season in Arlington, VA, ambitiously includes five world premieres, artistic director Eric Schaeffer announced.

The Tony Award-winning resident theatre, will give world-premiere voice to one play, by Paul Downs Colaizzo, plus four musicals — by Hunter Foster and Matt Conner; Joe Meno and Adam Gwon; John Dempsey and Dana Rowe; and Ted Shen.

Dempsey and Rowe are the authors of the musicals The Fix, The Witches of Eastwick and Zombie Prom.

World Premiere
BROTHER RUSSIA
Book & Lyrics by John Dempsey
Music by Dana Rowe
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

A world premiere rock musical from the award-winning creators of The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick.

In a desolate potato field north of Omsk, a comically fourth-rate Russian theatre troupe sets up its tents and wows the local farmers with rock-fueled adaptations of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Tonight, however, the company will toss classic literature aside to showcase the life story of their impresario and star, the seemingly immortal Brother Russia – more commonly known as Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin. Yes, that Rasputin: the hypnotic mystic who seduced and ruled the Tsar and Tsarina in the waning days of Imperial Russia.

"Dempsey's lyrics are exceptionally witty, and Rowe's music jaunty and tuneful, yet with the sophisticated sweep of a Sondheim." — TIME Magazine

March 6, 2012 - April 15, 2012 in the MAX

Watch the Signature Season Preview Video featuring music from Brother Russia.

NYU Presents Rowe/Dempsey Rock Musical THE FIX, 9/30-10/4

THE FIX at New York University

Thanks to director, John Simpkins and the outstanding cast and crew for an amazing production! See Mattthew Blank's pics from the October 4th Industry Night on Playbill.com. [actor Stephen Bienskie, director John Simpkins, cast member Bryan Welnicki and composer Dana P. Rowe Photo by Matthew Blank]

New York University's Program in Vocal Performance will produce THE FIX Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, 2010 at the Frederick Loewe Theatre at 35 West 4th Street. The show features book and lyrics by John Dempsey, music by Dana P. Rowe (writers of ZOMBIE PROM, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK), and was originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh. John Simpkins directs. This production will feature a great many recent changes made to the script and score; the writers will be collaborating with Simpkins and the cast throughout the entire process. (more...)

SEE JANE RUN! Gets Miami World Premiere

Actor-singer Maribeth Graham and composer Dana P. Rowe have collaborated on a musical that will get its world premiere at Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables next summer. See Jane Run! is described as an edgy piece about a 21st century everywoman trying to decide ``what makes her run, who she's running from and where she's running to.''

Three-time Carbonell Award winner Graham has appeared Off-Broadway and in most major South Florida theaters. Rowe, whose musicals include Zombie Prom, The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick, has been nominated for the Olivier and Helen Hayes awards.

The new show joins the world premiere of The Color of Desire by Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz in a particularly promising 2010-2011 Actors' lineup, which also includes Tracy Letts' Pulitzer-winning August: Osage County. Six-show subscriptions range from $185 for previews to $435 for opening nights. Info: 305-444-9293; actorsplayhouse.org. -- Christine Dolen for the Miami Herald

Guys 'N Divas: Battle of the High School Musicals

"The Showtime documentary Guys 'N Divas: Battle of the High School Musicals captures the sweat, bluster and possible insanity it takes to make high school theater [in southern Indiana]." One school rehearses Zombie Prom for the International Thespian Festival. Watch the trailer below.

Watch the video trailer for the UK tour of the Witches of Eastwick.