TIMES SQUARE

JILL SOBULE (music and lyrics) Over seven albums and nearly two decades of recording, singer-songwriter Jill Sobule has mused on topics such as the death penalty, anorexia, shoplifting, reproduction, the French resistance movement, and the Christian right. Her recording career began in 1990 with her debut album Things Here Are Different, recorded by Todd Rundgren. Her 1995 self-titled album, Jill Sobule, yielded the hit songs “I Kissed A Girl” (the original) and “Supermodel.” Since then, she has continued to record, produce and tour with an ever-growing loyal fan base. She’s performed with Neil Young, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Morello and Warren Zevon and inducted Neil Diamond into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. She served as songwriter/composer for the hit Nickelodeon network show Unfabulous during that show’s three-season run, and her songs have appeared in a multitude of films including Mind the Gap, in which Jill costarred. In the words of New York Times pop music critic Jon Pareles, Jill Sobule can claim her place among the stellar New York singer-songwriters of the last decade. Topical, funny and more than a little poignant…grown-up music for an adolescent age.”

ROBIN EATON (music and lyrics) has been a writer/producer/musician/performer in Nashville for the past twenty years. His studio, Alex the Great, has hosted countless bands and artists from around the globe, including his long time collaborator, Jill Sobule. Robin has written songs with Jill for all of her records as well as producing four or five of her albums with his studio partner Brad Jones. Robin’s recording career includes time signed with Warner Brothers in Paris, Ze/Island Records in NYC as well as contributing songs to numerous films and TV. In the Times Square era he was part of the downtown music scene, frequently playing CBGB’s and other venues as part of the influential new wave band the Leisure Units.

JIM LEWIS (book) is the co-conceiver/writer/lyricist of Fela! now in its third year touring the world. Jim received his second Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical for this production, which ran for over 16 months on Broadway, and won three Tony Awards. In 2008, Jim received a rare two separate Drama Desk Best Book nominations for the same season: the first for Fela! and the second for This Beautiful City (which he wrote in collaboration with Steve Cosson and The Civilians). In 1995, Jim received both Tony and Drama Desk nominations for his adaptation of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, produced on Broadway by Lincoln Center Theater. In 1989, he wrote Dangerous Games, which moved to Broadway after being produced at the La Jolla Playhouse, Spoleto Festival, American Music Theater Festival, and Curran Theater. In 1988, his Tango Apasionado, adapted with Graciela Daniele from stories by Borges, received popular and critical acclaim at the Westbeth Theater Center. Jim’s translation of Ionesco’s The Chairs and adaptation of Ibsen’s Lady from The Sea, have been produced by many theaters nationally.