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HANK BEEBE
received his B.A. in English and Masters degree in Musical Composition
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He later studied
composition with Vincent Persichetti at the Philadelphia Conservatory of
Music, and at Persichetti's suggestion moved to New York to seek a market
for his work.
His first theater production was an Off-Broadway children's musical, "The Cowboy and the Tiger," which ran for two years and was later produced on ABC-TV starring Jack Gilford, David Wayne, and Paul O'Keefe. After that Beebe wrote the score for "Lady Lily's Dilemma," which first starred the cast of the soap opera "Search For Tomorrow," and then was given a regional theater production starring Tessie O'Shea at Ford's Theater, Washington. His next musical "Tuscaloosa's Calling Me, But I'm Not Going" received rave notices and ran for 452 performances in New York, winning the Outer Critics Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical. This led to Broadway and the musical "Hellzapoppin'," starring Jerry Lewis and Lynn Redgrave. Retiring to his summer place in Maine, Beebe promptly flunked retirement. Though he had tired of the fast track, he had not tired of musical theater. So he took to composing musical plays again, this time for community theater. Twelve have been produced by community theaters and churches around the country, and as far away as Mannheim, Germany. Beebe is also active in choral music, with over 300 published works performed by choirs and choruses worldwide. |
Music by Hank Beebe available from GEMINI PRESS:
392-01042 BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER for SATB Chorus & Keyboard ... 1.50
All prices
subject to change.
Last updated November 28, 2004.
