Howie D: Back In The Day
Book, Music and Lyrics by Howie Dorough, Lisa St. Lou
and Tor Hyams
The Rose Theater, Omaha
World Premiere
The last live show I directed before the COVID-19 shutdown, this was a world premiere co-written by and starring Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough (Howie D.). This autobiographical piece examined Howie's childhood challenges finding a peer group as a bi-racial kid in a mostly white prep school. His parents want him to do different things with his life but luckily, Howie finds the theater crowd and his creative passion is ignited. We set the piece in a colorful, dynamic, and musical environment bridging both Howie's upbringing in the 1980s and his current life as a pop-star.
and Tor Hyams
The Rose Theater, Omaha
World Premiere
The last live show I directed before the COVID-19 shutdown, this was a world premiere co-written by and starring Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough (Howie D.). This autobiographical piece examined Howie's childhood challenges finding a peer group as a bi-racial kid in a mostly white prep school. His parents want him to do different things with his life but luckily, Howie finds the theater crowd and his creative passion is ignited. We set the piece in a colorful, dynamic, and musical environment bridging both Howie's upbringing in the 1980s and his current life as a pop-star.
