MW99 – MARK SUTTON-SMITH
On March 12th, 2013, MusicalWorld, and musical theatre in general,
lost one of our own. Mark Sutton-Smith passed after a long battle
with cancer. All of us wish to extend to Mark’s family and friends,
our deepest condolences and respect.
We’re sure Mark is creating beautiful music in a beautiful place.
We started doing MusicalWorld way back in February of 2006.
On our third episode, we featured a musical called
STAND BY THE RIVER…
It’s creators are Joanne & Mark Sutton-Smith.
We since have featured two other musicals that Mark
composed music for for friend, Alan Gordon…
THE GIRL DETECTIVE & THE USUAL.
“I had the good fortune to work with him over a six year span,
writing three musicals and nearly 50 songs together.
He wrote half the score of “The Usual” in between bouts of chemo — and it was gorgeous.
He leaves behind a wife, Joanne, and two daughters, Olivia and Maddie.
His website is still up, and if I can pick one song for you to listen to,
it would be “Enough,” sung by Michael Hunsaker and Kristin Maloney.”
Alan Gordon
music on this episode includes:
(taking Alan’s cue and suggestion of listening material…)
ENOUGH sung by Michael Hunsaker and Kristin Maloney
THE GIRL DETECTIVE – sung by Tara Novie & cast
BACK IN THE DAY – sung by Peter Samuel & Lauren Blackman
THESE TWO WALK INTO A BAR -sung by Gil Brady, Jillian Louis & Tara Novie
THE GEEK NEXT DOOR – sung by Gil Brady
STAND BY THE RIVER – sung by Jim Gwathney & cast
Mark has been featured on Musicalworld several times over the last 7 years.
MW3 featured the music of STAND BY THE RIVER
MW11 we discussed Ben Brantley’s NY Times article on
STAND BY THE RIVER
MW45 – THE GIRL DETECTIVE
MW52 – 2009 END OF YEAR HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
MW83 – SUMMER CALLBACKS
MW90 – THE USUAL
This episode is dedicated in Mark’s memory…
