ROBERT LINDSEY-NASSIF

Broadway: Composed the score for HOLLYWOOD ARMS by Carol Burnett and Carrie Hamilton, directed by Harold Prince.

Off-Broadway: Wrote the book, music and lyrics for OPAL (Richard Rodgers and AT&T Awards) and music, lyrics and additional dialog for HONKY-TONK HIGHWAY (Backstage and MAC Awards; directed by Gabriel Barre; also produced at Goodspeed). Wrote the music, lyrics, and concept for FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN (New York Musical Theatre Festival production).

Regional: Wrote the music, lyrics, and concept for FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN/3HREE (Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia and the Ahmanason Theatre, Los Angeles; directed by Harold Prince.) The full-length premier of FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN (Goodspeed Musicals; directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett). OPAL (George Street Playhouse and the Lyric Stage Company of Dallas; directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett). Composed the dance and incidental music for Stephen Sondheim's BOUNCE (at the Goodman Theatre and Kennedy Center; directed by Harold Prince). Wrote the music and lyrics for ELIOT NESS IN CLEVELAND (Denver Center Theatre Company and Cleveland Playhouse; directed by David Esbjornson).

Other Work: Worked for three years with Arthur Miller on an opera of DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Wrote five projects for Disney Feature Animation, including a project with Joss Whedon.

Awards: Recipient of the Music Publishers Association Award and the Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Award given at Lincoln Center. Richard Rodgers full production award, given by a committee chaired by Stephen Sondheim and the AT&T Award (OPAL). Backstage Bistro and MAC Awards (HONKY-TONK HIGHWAY).

Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations for Best Book, Music, and Lyrics (OPAL), and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination for Best Score (FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN).

Publications and Albums: An abridged version of FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN is part of the cast album of 3HREE on DRG Records. OPAL, HONKY-TONK HIGHWAY, and THEATRE SONGS BY ROBERT LINDSEY-NASSIF are all on Original Cast Records. OPAL and HONKY-TONK HIGHWAY are licensed by Samuel French, Inc. The piano/vocal score of HONKY-TONK HIGHWAY is published by Carlin America and is available through Hal Leonard, Inc. FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN is licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide. Cast album of BOUNCE is on RCA. The score of HOLLYWOOD ARMS is included with the play, published by Dramatists Play Service.

“Hey, they do write ‘em like they used to! FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN sends the audience out in its own lighthearted reverie with the giddiness of helium. Tuneful and varied songs by Robert Lindsey-Nassif. A simple ballad called “The Air Is Free,” the sentiment the show trumpets -- dreams are available -- is pungent enough to make you cry. Achieves the palpably energizing force of a transfusion. Irresistible! On the evidence here, it seems certain we’ll be hearing much more from the creators.” The New York Times

“The show...lifts off and soars. Manages to charm, uplift and inspire great hope for the future of the American musical. The show delivers one show-stopping bit after another. LAWNCHAIR MAN has all its cylinders, or propellers, or balloons, working in unison, and it’s a joyful, wacky accomplishment." Variety

“THE FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN [is] wildly imaginative and consistently hilarious. The musical, directed with brilliance by the peerless Harold Prince, soars on literal and metaphorical wings from the moment it begins." The Press-Enterprise

“FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN, [is a] marvel of a musical! The audience’s high when it leaves the theater puts them right up there in the stratosphere. This wonderfully sappy, funny and finally touching pocket-size musical is filled with invention and charm.” The Hollywood Reporter

“Taut, absorbing. A musical of great style and crisp wit...proving that in the musical world nothing is untouchable if handled with style.” Variety

“Eliot Ness is single-handedly redeeming American musical theater. I predict that ELIOT NESS...IN CLEVELAND is destined to follow in the respectable footsteps of its spiritual siblings THREEPENNY OPERA and SWEENEY TODD.” The Boulder Camera

“This is musical theater that is pulsing, power-packed, vital and visionary. ELIOT NESS IN CLEVELAND will leave you breathless. The next landmark of the American musical stage. It must be seen to be believed.” Out in Denver

“One of the most thoroughly enjoyable evenings in town! The songs by Robert Lindsey-Nassif are remarkable. Run, don’t walk!” Backstage, New York

“A seamless succession of 20 delightful songs, high kickin’ dance numbers and down-home dialogue laced with humor and twang. It’s the real thing.” Chicago Sun-Times

“Buoyant and entertaining. An astonishing tour de force.” The Herald, Connecticut

“A splendid musical. Robert Lindsey-Nassif has captured the enchanting strangeness of a diary written by a shipwrecked seven year old girl. Real adults in a real world, but seen through one child’s eyes. Mr. Lindsey-Nassif’s lovely music...draws one into a place of magical transformations. It is a rare achievement.” New York Times

“A mesmerizing musical gem. OPAL is brimming with ideas and overflowing with heart. Robert Lindsey-Nassif’s musical is a moving, entertaining fantasy about the mysteries of the human heart. The particular achievement of OPAL is the relative ease with which Lindsey combines a delightful family fairy tale with a thoroughly adult sense of emotional reality...conveying the simultaneous sophistication and innocence of Nassif’s remarkable creation.” Weekend Plus (A Forbes Publication)

“Bravo! I’d gladly watch this musical gem again! A resourceful, melodic score. “The New York Voice

“Something to Sing About! OPAL is a resounding success. A gem of a musical. It is an irresistible and utterly universal story of a girl trying to fit into a world foreign to her. Lindsey-Nassif's score is melodic and complex. A musical that deserves to be produced by theaters across the country. OPAL is an extraordinary achievement.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram

OPAL WHITELEY COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

The American copyright to the diary of Opal Whiteley has expired for failure to renew. However, the British copyright to the diary is still in effect in the U.K. and throughout the world. It is administered by Library of the University of London. The complete dramatic rights to the Opal Whiteley in all media (stage, film, television, etc.) are owned and controlled exclusively by Robert Lindsey-Nassif. No other dramatic depiction of the diary is permitted.