“New York’s got New Jersey, San Francisco’s got the place where Colma stays.” 

Radio Allegro goes behind the scenes with the director, writer, composer and star of COLMA: The Musical

Taking place in the suburban town of Colma, where the dead outnumber the living 1500 to 1,  Colma: The Musical weaves the musiand downs of early adulthood.

You might think that most movies musicals come from a hot stage show or are remakes of John Waters cut classics -and you might even think that most new stage musicals come from movies like Legally Blonde or Olivia Newton John movies from the 80's---and you could totally be forgiven for thinking that---

But this year things have changed--earlier in the year Radio Allegro went backstage of the original musical "In the Heights'" which will be transferring to Broadway this spring and today we're going to talk to talk to the creative minds behind Colma: The Musical a totally original movie musical that joined such movies as "Once" and even "Disney's Enchanted" in making 2007 the year of the "Original Movie Musical"

GO BEYOND THE PODCAST:

Colma- The Musical: Official Website

http://www.colmafilm.com

Colma and HP Mendoza YouTube site

http://www.youtube.com/user/hpmendoza

HP MENDOZA

http://www.hpmendoza.com/

RICHARD WONG

(http://imdb.com/name/nm1471372/)

COLMA: THE CITY (for real!)

http://www.colma.ca.gov/

RA 305-Backstage Pass-Colma: The Musical

produced,edited, hosted and written by Ashley Foot

original music: Geoff Smith

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