• Saturday Night at Grossinger's will have its West Coast Premiere at Theatre West in Hollywood. Previews begin March 23, 2005 and opens March 26, 2005. Barbara Minkus will star as Jennie. The show opened to great reviews and rapturous audience response is currently running.
• Songs from Time after Time and Dodsworth CD will be released soon on the Original Cast Records label starring Judy Blazer, Christian Borle, Liz Callaway and Walter Charles
• There will be a concert of the songs of Jeffrey Saver and Stephen Cole entitled Wherever the Party Is! This will be a Steinway Peace Piano Benefit for UNICEF at the Tabor Academy Fireman Center for the Performing Arts in Marion, MA on Sept. 19th 2004 at 3PM. It will star Judy Blazer, Christian Borle, Liz Callaway and Walter Charles. Dan Brown directs and a CD will be recorded for a later release with all proceeds going to UNICEF.
• Stephen is working with Marni Nixon on her autobiography. It will be published by Watson-Guptill in 2006.

• Lynne Wintersteller has now joined the cast of The Night of the Hunter, replacing Julie Johnson in the role of Willa. Dan Feyer musical directs and the orchestration is by Larry Moore.
• After the Fair will have a new production at the Spirit of Broadway Theatre www.spiritofbroadway.org August 10-September 4, 2005.

• Stephen leaves on August 22 to begin rehearsals for the Willows Theatre Production of the world premiere of The Night of the Hunter (opening Sept. 24, 2004). Brian Noonan will play the Preacher and Julie Johnson will play Willa. The show will be directed by John Bowab, choreographed by Diana Baffa-Brill, the set is being designed by Ray Klausen.

• Stephen is beginning work on a new show entitled Piano Bar withMatthew Ward. The show is the brainchild of Joe McGowen and there should be a backer's audition sometime in June 2004. Backer's Auditions will now take place in late October/early November for a Spring Opening in the Big Apple.

• April is a busy month as Stephen is also working on the script for a Camp Broadway production that will have 50 kids from around the country appearing at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway in a mini-history of the Broadway musical.

• Stephen is co-conceiving and co-writing (with Bway Director Philip William (Boy from Oz) McKinley) a new musical revue based on the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb entitled Kander and Ebb...And All that Jazz. Michael Gibson will orchestrate for a large orchestra and Jeff Saver is the arranger. A reading is planned for March 2005 and a workshop in June 2005 with a 2006 National Tour planned.

• June 7, 2004 will see selections from Time after Time presented in the Bound for Broadway concert at Merkin Hall under the auspices of the Kaufman Center. Liz Callaway sang "Watch My Interest Accrue", Jim Walton did "ATM" and they duetted beautifully on "No One in the World". See Pics in Gallery.

• Time after Time will have a college production at Point Park College in Pittsburgh PA in February of 2005. This under the auspices of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Van Kaplan will direct. Time after Time will also have a private reading in late May 2004 starring Christian Borle, Lauren Kennedy, Brian Noonan & Paige Price.

• Feb 15-17, 2004 Stephen is in Concord, CA auditioning people for the World Premiere of The Night of the Hunter (Opening Sept. 24, 2004 at the Willows Theatre.)

• After the Fair is now being published and licensed by EncorePlay. For information about doing productions go to www.encoreplay.com

• December 1, 2003 Stephen and Jeff Saver will have some of their songs presented at the Bitter End in the East Village. Liz Callaway is scheduled to sing two songs from Time After Time. Deborah Monk will also appear singing "Hot For Howdy"

• Casper-the Friendly Musical had its Amateur Premiere in Sydney Australia. The completely rewritten version of the show has two brand new numbers by Stephen and Matt Ward. The show play at the Glen Street Theatre, Glen Street, Belrose NSW 2085, AUSTRALIA on 8th - 18th October 2003

• The Night of the Hunter will premiere in Sept. 2004 at the Willows Theatre in Concord, CA

• Cast recordings of Merlin's Apprentice (music by Matthew Ward) and Rock Odyssey (music and lyrics by Billy Straus; Book by Stephen Cole) have been released by Walden Media

• Saturday Night at Grossingers played at the Broadhollow Theatre in Summer of 2003.

• The Night of the Hunter Workshop starring Ron Raines, Julie Johnson, Beth Fowler, Mary Stout, George Lee Andrews and many others plays for three invited performances at the 42nd Street Studios. Directed by John Bowab.

• Stephen has been commissioned by the brand new Walden Family Playhouse to write the book of a musical version of The Odyssey...opening January 16, 2003. The music and lyrics are by Billy Straus.
  
  

• The Night of the Hunter has been optioned by John Bowab (producer of the original Mame and Sweet Charity and renowned TV director) A winter workshop is being planned.
  
  
• Grossinger's has been totally overhauled and had its name changed to Saturday Night at Grossinger's. Look for it to be produced on Long Island before it's proposed Off-Bway debut.
  
  
• After the Fair will have a regional production in Brighton, England in June 2003
  
  
• Stephen has also been commissioned to write the lyrics for Merlin's Apprentice with music by Matt Ward and Book by Susan Kim
  
  
• Casper the Musical recently played in Kansas City, Atlanta and Dallas.
  
  
• I wrote two songs with Todd Ellison (42nd Street conductor) that were recorded by Fynsworth Alley last year...."The Long Way" is on Emily Skinner's CD, Emily Skinnner, and "Gettin' Nowhere Fast" is on Haine's His Way sung by Guy (Bruce Kimmel) Haines. Both are currently available in stores. Todd also did a concert of these and one other song we collaborated on called "Only In My Dreams" (sung in concert by Emily Skinner)
  

Oct. 25 - Nov. 2, 2002
Time After Time will have a workshop under the auspices of Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and CMU in Pittsburgh

June 5, 2001
Casper the Musical makes it's world premiere at the Pittsburgh CLO before it tours the US. Chita Rivera stars.

September, 2000
Workshop of Dodsworth which starred Ebersole, Hoty and Walter Charles was optioned by Allen Gordon (Rent) and Elan McCallister for Dragonfly Productions.

June 11, 2000
Grossinger's in Concert with the LA Jewish Symphony Orchestra starring Dorothy Loudon as Jennie Grossinger. Estelle Harris of Seinfeld fame recently joined the cast and it looks as if Joel Grey might also join as well. John Bowab is directing. Just cast in the concert as Lenny Wolpe as Jennie's husband, Bruce Adler as Sheldon (the role Gavin played) and Theodore Bikel as her Papa. (Note: Neither Joel Grey or Theo Bikel wound up in the concert...for that matter neither did Dorothy Loudon)

March 14, 2000
After the Fair will open in London at the Kings Head theater and will be produced by Raymond Wright.
The cast includes: Terrence Hardiman, Robert Irons, Rebecca Lock and Nicola Dewdney.
Previews begin March 14 and it opens on the 20th and runs for 6 weeks.

I will be there for the previews and opening if anyone wants to say hello and get their CD autographed.

February, 2000
I will be introducing a film at the Kurt Weill Festival at BAM. Date and time to be announced

January 31, 2000
I have written a song for Liz Smith to sing at The Drama League benefit tribute to Liza Minnelli. I have also written some special material for Dr. Ruth.

November, 1999 - late
Mermania CD (which I produced with Ken Bloom for Harbinger Records) will be released.

November 14, 1999
I will be doing a signing of That Book About That Girl at Different Light LA

November 1, 1999
My birthday!

October 29, 1999
I ams doing a reading and signing of That Book About That Girl at Different Light on 19th St. in NYC

October 19, 1999
I am receiving a Gilman-Gonzales Commendation Award for Musical Theatre.

September 7, 1999
The cast album of After the Fair is released by Varese Sarabande records today.

July 27, 1999
The cast of my latest musical, After the Fair, headed into the studios today to record the show for Varese Sarabande records. Bruce Kimmel produced.

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