Drew Gasparini is an American composer/lyricist and singer/songwriter best known for his work in musical theatre.
'''Career'''
Drew Gasparini is an award-winning musical theatre composer/ lyricist, and singer/songwriter currently writing the scores for a number of new stage musicals including the Broadway-bound adaptation of The Karate Kid alongside screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen, an adaptation of Night Shift for Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, an adaptation of the Ned Vizzini novel/film It's Kind of a Funny Story for Universal Theatrical Group, an adaptation of the Newberry Award-winning children's novel The Whipping Boy, and his semi-autobiographical song-cycle, We Aren't Kids Anymore. Drew is also collaborating with playwright Carson Kreitzer on the development of a new musical about the amazing life of suffragette bad ass, Victoria Woodhull. Other full-length musicals include Crazy, Just Like Me, Make Me Bad, and Turn of the Screw, Drew was a contributing composer for the fictional musical Hit List on the NBC television series Smash. In 2019 Drew wrote the music for , a highly publicized PR stunt starring Michael C. Hall for Super Bowl LIII. Drew is an alum of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and his unique brand of musical-theatre concerts have been performed to sold-out houses all over the world including Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the St. James Theater in London, and NYC venues such as Joe's Pub, Feinstein's/54 Below, and Rockwood Music Hall where he hosts Drew Gasparini & Friends, a monthly residency where Drew helps promote and showcase new artists. In 2018 Drew was invited to The Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA to play a night of his music accompanied by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. The popularity of Drew's songs among the musical theatre community has made him a top ten best-seller on sites where his sheet music is sold. Drew's album I Could Use a Drink was released in 2013 by Broadway Records. The album features performances by Broadway and TV stars such as Jeremy Jordan, Mykal Kilgore, Lindsay Mendez, Caissie Levy, Alex Brightman, F. Michael Haynie, Andrew Kober, Justin Guarini, Jennifer Damiano and many more. On April 10, 2020, the studio cast recording of Drew's song-cycle We Aren't Kids Anymore was released by Concord Theatricals. The album features performances by Bonnie Milligan, Colton Ryan, Lilli Cooper, Raymond J. Lee and Nicholas Christopher. Drew's catalog is represented by Concord Music, and outside of musical theatre his songs have been heard on TV shows such as the CMT series Gainesville, The Biggest Loser on NBC, as well as ads for Hotels.com. Alongside his two sisters, Drew is one third of the indie-folk band Saint Adeline and continues to perform as a solo artist as well.
'''Musicals'''
Crazy Just Like Me book, music, & lyrics by Drew Gasparini, additional book by Louis Sacco
