Let’s Write a Musical

Shakespeare gave us Romeo and Juliette. Inspired by Romeo and Juliette, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim gave us Maria and Tony in West Side Story. Lawrie Chiaro Smylie has given us a new and powerful love story in Let's Write a Musical now playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019. Featuring superb direction by John Coppola, and a versatile and exuberant cast, Let's Write a Musical takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster ride mixing humor, slapstick, tenderness and cruel fate, all in fast moving doses. In the end, the young couples, who should be together, find each other and take themselves, 'Out of Play.' David and Lucy must finally part but they only do so after creating a magical musical. ... full review

FABULOUS!!!!!! How you can write a musical with this topic and have it be completely joyous, I don't know. Kudos to the writers. The entire cast was excellent but the stand out, for me, is Cameron Gilliam who takes John Coppola's BRILLIANT staging and just flies with it. John Coppola has this amazing ability to give actors physical things to do that add humor and fun to every moment. I've been seeing 2 and three shows a day practically at the Fringe and this is the MOST fun by far. ... full review

If you want to laugh and cry and tap your feet and hum along to songs you've never heard before but instantly love, don't miss this show! I was completely swept up in the beautiful story and loved how sweet and simple and funny and smart it was.... full review

I thought it was absolutely delightful writing. The songs and cast were amazing, I enjoyed every minute. ... full review

WOW! What a treat! I am so so pleased that I got to witness this absolute joy. What a great way to end my Fringe schedule! I laughed, I cried, I felt my heart lurch, I loved this show and am so impressed by Lawrie and the cast’s talent. I wish Lawrie bowed on the stage because she deserves one hell of an applause for what she’s created.... full review

This layered and utterly sincere show intermixes sweet and bitter to create a surprisingly powerful emotional impact. ... full review

Sweet, emotional musical based on a true story. ... full review

Let’s Write A Musical is an inspiring, playful, deeply poignant tribute to the power of love in the midst of life’s most challenging times. It is beautifully constructed, with a story within a story. The musical numbers are wonderful, sweet and catchy. The actors clearly love the material and give it their all. Bravo to Lawrie, the cast and the director!!... full review

I love the story behind the making of the musical, the inspiring true story of a dying man’s wish to write a musical and leave something special behind for his wife to remember him by.... full review

Simply delightful! I was smiling from ear to ear during the entire performance. I laughed, I cried. I left the theater thinking about the play all day long, not to mention humming the tunes the songs! Batter up and Pow!... full review