Loving Vivian, A New Musical by Timothy Brown & Daniel Chadwick
At 82, Vivian, a legendary singer, actress, and songwriter, is incommunicative with dementia. When she moves into her daughter, Eleanor’s home, everyone in the family is excited, except Eleanor. When her son brings home an avid Vivian fan and would-be biographer who knows how to get Vivian talking lucidly about her checkered past, Eleanor becomes even more uneasy. What secrets might be revealed?
Daniel Martin Chadwick (Book, Lyrics, and Music) is an American playwright, novelist, short story writer, lyricist, and composer. His fiction is mostly horror, speculative, urban fantasy, and psychological thrillers that come from the dark catacombs of his mind. He lives in a secret paradise in South America where he fills his days with reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, lots of sunshine, and his two cats, Tadzio and Fausto, who may or may not be reincarnated gods, (but probably are).
Timothy Brown (Music and Arrangements) Composer, arranger, and copyist made his debut in music for the theatre with Curious George which toured nationally in a production by Theatreworks/USA for nearly ten years. Soon after that success his short musical, The Cost of Living – with Broadway veteran, George Gorham – premiered at The West Bank Theatre. Another Gorham/Brown collaboration, Come Dance With Me, was a finalist in the Dramatists Guild showcase. Tim was honored to be included in a concert of “classical” works by “theatre” composers presented by The Other Side of Broadway; his Incidental Dance Suite for solo piano was premiered alongside pieces by renowned Broadway composers, Galt MacDermot, David Amram, and Charles Strouse at Merkin Concert Hall in New York. He has been a music assistant to Broadway legend John Kander and on several major shows for Broadway music directors, David Loud, Patrick Vaccarrielo, and Todd Ellison. Tim is a veteran of the Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writers Workshop (BMI).
In partnership with Round The Bend Theatre — a mobile theater company with a mission to encourage Hudson Valley playwrights and their work in development. Through the process of inclusive readings and reflection, new voices are nurtured for future work.
Each play in the series will be read by professional actors, followed by a discussion with the playwright and audience.
Additional Round the Bend Theater productions at Byrdclffe Theater:
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 3 PM
The Dummies Guide to Murdering Your Husband, a reading of a new play by Nathan Johnson
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Sunday, June 28, 2026, 3 PM
Play-Off, a reading of a new play by Jason Wang
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Sunday, July 12, 2026, 3 PM
Loving Vivian, a new musical by Timothy Brown and Daniel Chadwick
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Sunday, July 26, 2026, 3 PM
The Goodness Robot, a reading of a new play by Paul Allman
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Sunday, August 9, 2026, 3 PM
Let There Be, a reading of a new play by Stephen Kaplan
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Sunday, August 23, 2026, 3 PM
Julia C, a reading of a new play by Daniel Pink
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