REVIEWS
Kabuki Ugly Duckling – Muny 1st Stage
The Japanese setting was a real stroke of imagination, creating an unexpected mood to a familiar story. It also allows Limber to experiment musically with an Asian mood – a nice change of pace for the young audience. The music, deliciously performed, is weirdly evocative of Stephen Sondheim. This might go right past the target audience but it is an unexpected plus for adults.
Judith Newmark – St. Louis Post Dispatch. January 15
The Secret Garden – The Muny/Student Theatre Project Company
Much of the evening is undergirded by music Chris Limber has composed for the production. An impressive variety of instrumental color is created. It charmingly enriches the telling of the tale.
Bob Wilcox – Riverfront Times, November 16, 1988
RECORDINGS
Journey to the Center of the Earth
By Stephen Dolginoff
Orchestrations and instrumental tracks by Christopher Limber
Cast CD produced and distributed by Original Cast Recordings, NYC
PUBLISHED SCORES
The Secret Garden
A Play with Music based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted By Pamela Sterling, Original Music by Christopher Limber
Commissioned and produced in 1988, Muny 1st Stage, St. Louis MO
The Dramatic Publishing Company, Published 1991
Over 100 productions internationally
Winner of the 1991 DISTINGUISHED PLAY AWARD presented annually
by the American Alliance of Theatre and Education
The Ugly Duckling
Published in 2010 by Playscripts, Inc. as Kabuki Ugly Duckling
A Play with music based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson
Adapted by Pamela Sterling, Music and Lyrics by Christopher Limber
Commissioned in 1987 by Muny 1st Stage
Published in 1998 New Plays, Inc.
Recommended Selection: AATE Unpublished Play Competition, 1989
COMMISSIONED LYRICS & SCORES
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
Much a Doo-Wop About Nothing
Lyrics by Andrew Neiman
Music by Christopher Limber
Winning Juliet
Music by David Torretta
Lyrics by Christopher Limber
The American Heart Association, Heartland Division
Alex in Heartland - A story of the heart for kids
A musical for High Schools to perform for Elementary Age Children
The Missouri Arts Council/Harris Stowe State College
Flossie and the Fox
Based on the children's book by Patricia C. McKissack
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Solid Gold: A doo-wop King Midas Story
By Eric L. Wilson, Music and Lyrics by Christopher Limber
Commissioned in 1996, Muny 1st Stage in 1997
Presented at NEW VISIONS NEW VOICES symposium 1995
Idaho Theatre for Youth
Moss Gown
By Micki Panttaja, Music and Lyrics by Christopher Limber
Based on the book by William Hooks.
Commissioned and produced in 1997-98/2003-4
Science Theatre Caravan - St. Louis Science Center
The Pied Piper of Trinidad
The Emperor’s Nightingale
War of the Currents - Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
Galileo: Explorer in the Sky
Rumplestilkskin
Fliers and Liars - Wilbur and Orville Wright
The Adventures of Mr. Toad
Jack and the Beanstalk
Muny 1st Stage, St. Louis, MO
Benjamin's Web
By Laurie Adele Jerger, Music and lyrics by Christopher Limber
Commissioned/produced 1996: Muny 1st Stage, St. Louis, MO
Harriet and the Tortoise and the Hare
Adapted By Pamela Sterling,
Music and Lyrics by Christopher Limber
Commissioned/produced in 1996: Muny 1st Stage, St. Louis, MO
Scrapbooks
A Play with Music by Pamela Sterling,
Music and Lyrics by Christopher Limber
Commissioned/produced in 1986: Muny 1st Stage, St. Louis, MO
Recommended Selection: AATE Unpublished Play Competition, 1988
The Emperor's New Clothes
Adapted by Sue Greenberg, Music and Lyrics by Christopher Limber
Commissioned/produced: 1986 by Muny 1st Stage, St. Louis, MO
Recommended Selection: AATE Unpublished Play Competition 1988
