Why This Songwriter Is Working on Other People's Shows - The new artistic director of Encores! Off-Center is a theatre-maker himself
The new artistic director of Encores! Off-Center is a theatre-maker himself---Obie Award-winning songwriter Michael Friedman (of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and The Civilians fame) is kicking off his new gig as the artistic director of Encores! Off-Center with a bang -- literally. The first production of the three-show summer season is a revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins, and the gun-t…