EP 3 Masterpiece and Under Silber Skies Part 2, How Alexandra Silber Got the Lerner Estate to Approve Her Brigadoon Book | Does It Sing?

📄 Welcome back to Does It Sing? with David Goldsmith & Friends — Part 2 of David’s in-depth conversation with actor, writer, and now book-adaptor Alexandra Silber.🎭 This episode covers:• The nuts and bolts of how Alexandra wrote her Brigadoon adaptation “on spec” before any deal existed• Navigating handshake agreements, drafts, and MTI licensing• What really makes an adaptation “licensable” vs. just existing• Her favorite Brigadoon lyrics and how/why she changed only four words• Directing Five Women at an Airport and shaping female-driven stories• David’s full “Masterpiece” songwriting breakdown — 20 years of revisions, bleeding on every line, and tips for writing songs for the musical theatre🎧 By the end you’ll have a front-row seat to:— How to pitch a legacy estate and actually land the job— How to protect your rights while still proving yourself— How to build a song from a personal wound into a character’s catharsisFor full captures of David’s musicals and plays — including Five Women at an Airport starring Bryonha Marie, Cailen Fu, Katy Geraghty, Kate Rockwell & Elena Shaddow — visit the Virtual Stage Lab page on YouTube.Fair Use note: Any audio/video excerpts are for commentary/education. Please support the rights holders by streaming or purchasing official recordings.—About Virtual Stage LabVirtual Stage Lab (co-founded by David Goldsmith & Paul Gordon) film-captures original musicals and plays to democratize development, viewing, and licensing.Pitch a segment: [e-mail] & info: virtualstagelab.com⏱️ Chapter Timestamps00:00 Opening parody & welcome back01:30 Recap of Part 1 — Alexandra’s path to Brigadoon04:15 How she pitched the Lerner Estate and wrote on spec10:30 Handshake deals, first drafts, and MTI licensing explained16:40 Alexandra’s four lyric changes & why they matter22:00 Directing Five Women at an Airport — what she learned27:15 Listener request: “How do you write a song for a musical?”29:00 David breaks down “Masterpiece” from origin to current form49:30 Practical tips: scansion, rhyme, and bleeding on every line57:15 Lightning round — favorite Brigadoon & musical-theatre lyrics1:04:00 Second Act Studio & radical rest for creatives1:09:00 Closing thoughts + where to watch Five Women at an Airport#DoesItSing, #AlexandraSilber, #Brigadoon, #AlanJayLerner, #LernerAndLoewe, #MTI, #MusicalTheatre, #Broadway, #RegionalTheatre, #BookWriting, #SongwritingPodcast, #FiveWomenAtAnAirport, #MasterpieceSong, #DavidGoldsmith, #VirtualStageLab, #OriginalMusicals, #BehindTheScenes, #StageDevelopment, #TheatrePodcast, #ComposerLife, #LyricistLife, #MusicalAdaptation, #PasadenaPlayhouse, #TheatreWriting, #SecondActStudio🔑 Keywords / TagsAlexandra Silber interview, Brigadoon new book, Lerner Estate adaptation, MTI licensing musicals, writing on spec musical theatre, David Goldsmith Masterpiece song, Five Women at an Airport musical, songwriting for musicals tips, Virtual Stage Lab, Does It Sing podcast, Second Act Studio, radical rest for creatives📌 Pinned CommentAlexandra Silber wrote her Brigadoon book before she even had a deal — and David just broke down how to write a “bleed-on-every-line” ballad.👇 Would you ever take on a project “on spec” the way she did? Or what’s your favorite “Masterpiece” moment in a musical?Subscribe for more deep-dive episodes of Does It Sing?: @DoesItSing