<p>Drew Gasparini is an award-winning  musical theatre composer/lyricist, a&nbsp;singer/songwriter, and a teacher. He is&nbsp; equally committed to forging a new sound in the intersection between theatre and pop, to nurturing the next generation of artists, and to throwing one hell of&nbsp;a party.</p> <p>Drew is currently developing a number of new stage musicals including the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of <em><strong>The Karate Kid</strong></em> for Gorgeous Entertainment (book by screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen), <em><strong>It’s Kind of a Funny&nbsp;Story</strong></em>&nbsp;for Universal Theatrical Group&nbsp;(book by Alex Brightman); <em><strong>Night Shift </strong></em>for Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (book by screenwriters Babaloo Mandel &amp; Lowell Ganz); and&nbsp;<em><strong>The Whipping Boy</strong></em>&nbsp;(book and co-lyrics by&nbsp;Brightman). &nbsp;Other writing projects include the infamous, award-winning Super Bowl publicity stunt, <em><strong>Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical</strong></em><em>, </em>starring Michael C. Hall (book by Will Eno, lyrics with Nathaniel Lawler, directed by Sarah Benson); <em><strong>We Aren’t Kids Anymore </strong></em>&nbsp;(a song cycle); <em><strong>Everything in its Place: The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers</strong></em><em>, </em>a one-man-show starring Marc Summers, and <em><strong>Make Me Bad</strong></em> (both with &nbsp;scripts by Alex Brightman); <em><strong>Crazy, Just Like Me</strong></em><em> </em>(2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival “Best of Fest”); <em><strong>Turn of the Screw&nbsp;</strong></em>and <em><strong>#UntitledPopMusical</strong></em> (both with Michael Kimmel); and songs for <em>Hit List</em>&nbsp;on the NBC television series <strong>SMASH</strong>, the children’s cooking program “Monica’s Mixing Bowl”, and&nbsp;<em>Hot Mess in Manhattan</em>&nbsp;(“The Text Message Song”).</p> <p><br></p> <p>Let's connect!</p> <p>Instagram:<a href="https://instagram.com/broadwaybrainspod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> @broadwaybrainspod</a></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://broadwaybrains.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">broadwaybrains.com</a></p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto: [email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>