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A Go Session is an off-broadway musical just about the singer/songwriter world health organization has decided to commit suicide to prevent his battle using Helps, but only when of these previous recording session in the studio. A indicate is heavy influenced by using themes of love, religion & acceptance. A story is loosely according to a life of Steve Schalchlin, world health organization wrote a gospel-inspired music when partner Jim Brochu is credited by using writing a dialogue -- extra lyrics by John Bettis & Marie Cain. By using a cult as a consequence, depending largely in one of a pioneering blogs to hit a cyberspace, a indicate achieved remarkable profits, given the proportional obscurity of its creators. It has received many awards & continues to exist as produced within various area of the united states.

"The Last Session" was originally produced off-Broadway at a 47th Street Theatre inside 1997. A cast consisted of Bob Stillman when "Gideon," an ex-gospel singer sour popular star world health organization has scheduled the final recording session. He invites his old b& to join him including office back-higher singer Tryshithe (Grace Garland), failing rock singer turned Mary Kay Cosmetics sales representative, Vicki (Amy Coleman), studio engineer Jim (Dean Bradshaw) and, unexpectedly, a immature Texas gospel singer, Chum (Stephen Bienskie). Chum has idolized Gideon his entire life & has are to Los Angeles to meet him & to watch around his footsteps to cross terminated from either gospel to pop. His globe is shaken whilst, in a period of the course of the session, he learns Gideon is two homo & has Helps.

An original cast album was recorded by having elaborate packaging & the vocal selections book was published by Cherry Lane Music. A indicate was nominated for Right Musical per NY Drama League & a NY Outer Critics Circle.

a subsequent productiin around Los Angeles began at the Laguna Playhouse then transferred to the Tiffany Theatre on Sunset Blvd. It featured 2 cast members from either Future York, Bob Stillman & Amy Coleman. Fresh cast members involved Michelle Mais swimming Tryshia, P.M. Howard & Joel Traywick (world health organizatiin went on to receive a Theatre LA Ovation Award for Better Actor). More awards include Right Musical per GLAAD Media Award, Right SCORE, Right BOOK, Right PRODUCTION & Better SUPPORTING ACTRESS Michelle Mais per Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

the indicate continues to receive productions including such cities when Baltimore, Rochester NY, Dallas (which besides recorded a cast album), Omaha, Denver, Chicago & Indianapolis (which besides recorded their have cast album). The places is maintained at http://www.thelastsession.com & its creators, Jim Brochu & Steve Schalchlin have created another award winning musical (which, among other things, traces the history of The Last Session) called "The Big Voice: God or Merman?" (http://www.thebigvoice.com). Composer Steve Schalchlin however maintains his on the net diary known as "Living In The Bonus Round" at http://www.bonusround.com & playwright/actor Jim Brochu's internet site is http://www.jimbrochu.com.

Living in the Bonus Round -- Steve Schalchlin's Online Diary
The Online Diary of The Last Session's creator, Steve Schalchlin.

The Home Of The GHOST of
Pre "Last Session" Steve-ism's, and his old e-mail message before the internet, and lots of ghost type fun things.

The Last Session Fan Chat Room
This is a chatroom set up for fans of The Last Session to meet, ask questions, get updates on coming events, leave notes for the actors, composer, author, director, or anyone else associated with our very special TLS family!

TLS Fan Club on Yahoo!
One of the many internet homes for the fans of the show "The Last Session".