PROJECTS
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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime is a new musical written by Kirby & Beverly Ward, based on the Oscar Wilde short story of the same name.

His Girl Friday
A Little History A couple of years ago, I sat down with my wife Bev to write a musical version of the Howard Hawks film

Big River at Rubicon
Why Big River? When Mark Twain’s The Adventure’s of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1884, it began with this statement… “NOTICE: Persons attempting to

Return To The Forbidden Planet
What The Critics Said “It OVERFLOWS WITH FUN.” – Los Angeles Times “DELICIOUSLY KITSCHY…” – Broadway World “a WINNER.” – Ventura County Star “WOW!…Director-choreographer Kirby

Down in the Mouth
Down in the Mouth is a twenty minute Super-16mm film project that I wrote, directed and edited for the film festival circuit. It was shot

Dance Down The Path
Dance Down The Path is a pop/folk song written and performed by my wife, Bev Ward, as part of her first EP, Bev’s Noble House

Talking Sticks
Talking Sticks is an inspirational documentary about a musician’s inner and outer journeys with his instruments. Arthur Lipner has become one of the top marimba

Thoroughly Modern Millie in Ogunquit
Sally Struthers was featured in my Thoroughly Modern Mille in Ogunquit. She played a screamingly funny Mrs. Meers. The rest of the cast was pretty damn

Gotta Dance
After many years appearing with symphonies around the world, I recently teamed up with my wife, Beverly, to present a new concert evening of song

On The Cover of Digboston
Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham MA closed their 48th summer season with Crazy for You, the Gershwin’s 1992 Tony Award winning Best Musical that ran