Marc and Laurence first met in Mrs.Carmelli's nursery school class, and they have been working together, in some form another, ever since. In addition to The Queen is in the Parlour, they collaborated on the screenplay and young adult novel, Fella, about the young son of a maid in FDR's White House who is charged by Eleanor Roosevelt with the task of caring for the Scottish terrier that would be the president's Christmas gift.
Marc's plays include Danny Boy (winner, Audience Favorite, New York International Fringe Festival), Miami Twilight, and Comparing Books, which have had productions in New York, Atlanta, and Washington DC. In addition, he wrote the book and lyrics to a musical adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol (music by A. Michael Tilford). Its production by the Workshop Theatre Company in NYC was nominated for a New York Innovative Theater Award. With a JD from Columbia Law School and Masters in Adolescent English Education from Hunter College, Marc teaches middle school Language Arts and American History.
Laurence, along with his other longtime collaborator, Felicia Needleman, won the prestigious Kleban Award for Most Promising Musical Theatre Librettists, as well as ASCAP’s Sammy Cahn Award for Outstanding Lyricists. The two collaborated on the book & lyrics of musicals for many years, up to the time of Felicia's untimely death in July 2023. The duo first met in Modern Drama class at Columbia College and wrote together in the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Their works include Wallenberg (White Plains Performing Arts Center, NYMF and Equity Lab directed by Martin Charnin), The Jerusalem Syndrome (Off-Broadway premiere at the York Theatre Company; Original Cast Recording on JAY Records; winner of the Theatre for the American Musical Prize for Most Promising Book Musical), That Time of the Year (Off-Broadway premiere at the York Theatre Company; Original Cast Recording on JAY Records), Suddenly, Hope! (Stamford Center for the Arts, Garfield Theatre in La Jolla and Denver Civic Theatre) and I Married a Witch (ASCAP Workshop). Projects in development include the original musicals, One Night and Making Ends Meet (both Broadway Bound Theatre Festival), The Window, and Suddenly a Song, a collection of their cabaret material. Laurence is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild. As a principal of Bard Theatricals, Laurence's Broadway/West End producing credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mrs. Doubtfire, Jagged Little Pill, Stranger Sings!, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, The Scottsboro Boys, Looped, The Anarchist, and the Latin American premiere of El Chico de Oz, as well as the Museum of Broadway. Laurence is also a graduate of Columbia Law School.
