My man Doug...

Currently playing:
Don't Tell Me What Time it Is(2009)
from the upcoming cabaret musical "The Moon and the Sea"
by Creighton Irons
performed by Doug Lyons
Creighton Irons

COMPOSER·LYRICIST·MUSIC DIRECTOR

Tough season for the Tarheels... Good season for musicals.

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Check out www.FactoryGirlsMusical.com for songs, pics, and info on Factory Girls, the new musical by Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney!
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SAVE THE DATE!
On August 24, come out to the Boston Center for the Arts for a concert of original music by Boston-based songwriters!  Acclaimed music director Joe Delgado will lead a really hot band and a group of Boston singers and special guest stars in a celebration of Boston talent.  More info coming in a few weeks, including performers and songwriters scheduled to perform. Stay tuned...


WEST COAST NEWS
This summer, I'm in San Francisco teaching musical theater performance at
the American Conservatory Theater (www.act-sf.org).  I'll also be there in the spring of 2011 for a the production of a new musical I'm currently writing with Craig Slaight.  Commissioned by ACT, the show will be performed by the theater's Young Conservatory and MFA programs.   Lots of excitement, lots of moving around these days...



4/14 through 4/18/10

 
 
WORKING

North Carolina Community Musical
Right now I'm in NC, playing in and music directing Working at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro.  The show is with the same great bunch of people I worked with last year on Kudzu, and has really come together over the last week or so.  Show dates are April 14-18; tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com (or click here). 



NEW:    billnelsonbillnelson.com!
My friend Bill Nelson has a web site up.  Check out his songs page to hear a couple of our collaborations.


4/05/10


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Songs on Six to feature River Rising from Factory Girls
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On Monday, April 5, our friends at Cap21 will perform a song from Factory Girls.  Some factory favorites including Molly Hager, Shaina Taub, Kate Ferber, and Dana Steingold join a loaded cast that will also perform songs by Joe Iconis, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk, and others.  The show's $20; there will be a reception with wine after, so sounds like a no-brainer.  Here's a link to the article on playbill.com with more information.


1/17/10 
   Come support Fight Like a Girl
at the Triad in Manhattan

All proceeds go directly to the children of Shanti Bhavan.

The show starts at 7:00--lots of great singers, and the very Sean Mahoney will DJ afterwards.  It's gonna be a party! 

CLICK HERE TO SEE LARGE POSTER

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11/09/09

"LIVE FREE OR DIE" from Factory Girls to be featured in Josh Young's Cutting-Edge Composers II

The second installment of Cutting-Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater SongwritersCanal Room
will be held at 8:00pm on November 9, 2009 at the in New York City. Doors open at 7:30pm. Presented by Josh Young and Laura Pietropinto, the concert will feature the songs of Jeremy Schonfeld, Peter Lerman, Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan, Jonathan Reid Gealt, Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, Carmel Dean and Anna Jacobs, Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney, Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham, Joe Iconis, and Ryan Scott Oliver. Laura Pietropinto directs and Julie McBride is music director.

check it out at www.cuttingedgecomposers.com


10/21/09
FACTORY GIRLS
selected to participate in NAMT's 21st Annual
Festival of New Musicals!

www.namt.org

We had an amazing time at NAMT's festival this past October... An enormously supportive & generous festival staff along with an incredible array of composers and playwrights really made for a great experience.  Stay tuned for the next steps for Factory Girls!


6/22/09
Irons/Mahoney at ArsNova and Joe's Pub!

Thanks to all of you who came out Monday to support us!  SONGS OF WOOD AND STEEL: THE MUSIC OF CREIGHTON IRONS AND SEAN MAHONEY was a big hit. The band rocked, the singers were soulful, and audience was in it all the way til the final chord at 12:30 Tuesday morning.  Check back in a week or so for news on what's next!

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