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Leslie Arden

Composer, lyricist and librettist.

  • Musicals
    • A Meeting Of Minds
    • Feathers on the Page
    • Ned Durango
    • One Step Forward (formerly “The Boys Are Coming Home”)
    • The Greatest Gift
    • The Happy Prince
    • The House of Martin Guerre
    • The Last Resort
    • The Princess and the Handmaiden
    • Harvest Moon Rising
    • Moll
    • The Gift of the Magi
    • Incidental Music
  • Songs
    • Songs for One Woman
    • Duets for Two Women
    • Songs for One Man
    • Duets for One Woman and One Man
    • Group Numbers
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    • Ned Durango
    • Harvest Moon Rising
    • The Boys Are Coming Home
    • A Meeting of Minds
    • The House Of Martin Guerre
    • The Happy Prince
    • The Princess and the Handmaiden
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One Step Forward

(formerly “The Boys Are Coming Home”)

Boy Are Coming Home – Northwestern Play
Evanston, IL
Northwestern Play Date – 7/30/06
Licensed to Northwestern University
Photos by Chris Ocken

Music & Lyrics by Leslie Arden, Book by Tim French & Berni Stapleton

Cast of 18 or more (9 Women, 9 Men)

It’s 1945, the war is finally over, and the boys are comin’ home! This swing and bebop filled musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is a musical journey through the joys and challenges of post-war life.

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