A SONGWRITER'S JOURNAL

A 26 yearjourney of a guy who loves to write songs told in regular installments. Michael Ricciardi is a proud member of ASCAP and The Dramatists Guild of America. His musicals include "Skylark" and "The Traveling Companion" He now writes many musicals with his new collaborator John D. Nugent. Together they ahve written 'Sevenly" "The Runaway Heart" and the uocoming produxtions of "THE BREMEN TOWN BOYS" and "BROADWAY ANGELS."

Saturday, November 10, 2012

A NEW HOME

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After thirteen long years, my domestic partner and I have left our old apartment at 6717 Fulton Avenue in Van Nuys, and found a much quiet...
Sunday, November 04, 2012

AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS

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Sometimes you stay in one place for so damn long that it fails to make sense any more. My domestic partner and I have lived in one apartme...
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Saturday, October 06, 2012

EVICTION ATTEMPT

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So my landlord wants to evict us over us not cleaning our apartment to his specifications when we rented from him thirteen years ago this ...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

MY 65th BIRTHDAY

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    Amazing! Today I turn sixty-five years old. I am an official senior citizen. I am more creative today than I have ever been in my ...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

FACING A VERY LARGE CHALLENGE

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  The above is a "letter from hell" that supposidly was received by English authorities by Jack The Ripper. I received almost...
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Saturday, June 02, 2012

OUR MUSIC HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD

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WELL  HERE IS SOMETHING.... My writing partner (John Nugent) have been writing together now for five years. He officially arrived in So...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

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NOW I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, GOOD LORD! I So now I am a senior citizen because I have just signed up for dear old Medicare in anticip...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEMP HOWARD

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Not every classically funny performer is as well known as others. One of the best comedians in that category was dear Shemp Howard, brother ...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JERRY LEWIS

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Today is the 86th birthday of comedy legend Jerry Lewis. He was born on this day before Saint Patrick's Day in 1926. What an amazing tal...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

TWO THINGS YOU JUST NEVER WOULD EXPECT

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Back in 1983, I wrote a musical called "The Invitation". It had come from a short story idea that I had been prompted to write at ...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

ROBERT SHERMAN REMEMBERED

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On Monday last, March 5 th , I lost my own personal hero. He was a songwriter. He was however no ordinary songwriter. He was a master crafts...
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Saturday, March 03, 2012

GOODBYE CONTINENTAL AIRLINES AND THE BEAUTIFULLY BALD BROOKLYN BOYS CHOIR

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At 11:59 pm late last night in Phoenix, Arizona the last Continental airline flight took off from it's airport there on a last journey t...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

SHELLY BERMAN'S BIRTHDAY

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Today is Shelly Berman's 86th birthday. When I was a kid, Shelly Berman was my all time favorite comedian. I used to play his records ov...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ADAM AND EVE IN A NEW SPOOF

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ADAM AND EVE SPOOFED Everyone who knows me knows full well just how much I love spoofs. I adore "The Book of Mormon" now on Broadw...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

SO MUCH IN SO LITTLE TIME

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This remarkable man you see on this page is the manager for our company Creative Horizons. This year marks the 20th anniversary of our frien...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

OUR WEBSITES AND BETTY WHITE'S BIRTHDAY

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Just in case you've never seen it, my creative company's endeavors has not one, but two web sites. The first is http://www.creativeh...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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I t's a brand New Year: 2012 and already things with big changes have started with a bang! Our first surprise came from the Westfield Fa...
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR

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Today is the last day of 2011. It's been a strange and odd year: a year in which I've officially retired from work but certainly not...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

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Today is a very special day. It's a birthday celebration for our dear friend Judy Egan and we are holding a party in her honor in Sherma...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

ON A CLEAR DAY GETS A BRAND NEW LOOK

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The new version of On a Clear Day includes most of the original Tony Award-nominated Broadway score, adds songs from the film version, an...
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