Andy Gaus is a lyricist, composer, playwright and translator who has been active in the Boston (and sometimes New York) theater scene as a musical director, accompanist, and contributor to revues as well as authoring his own shows. His musical "Cuckolds" (based on The Three Cuckolds by Leon Katz) was described as "the best little book-musical in town" by Kevin Kelly of the Boston Globe. His children's musical "Emil and the Detectives," co-created with Karen MacDonald and based on the German classic by Erich Kaestner, was presented as a year-long tour of the East Coast by Barry and Fran Weissler. More recently, he has written words, music, and the book for "Don't Know Nobody that Boogies Anymore," a two-act musical, as well as a new English translation of Verdi's "Rigoletto." His...
Andy Gaus is a lyricist, composer, playwright and translator who has been active in the Boston (and sometimes New York) theater scene as a musical director, accompanist, and contributor to revues as well as authoring his own shows. His musical "Cuckolds" (based on The Three Cuckolds by Leon Katz) was described as "the best little book-musical in town" by Kevin Kelly of the Boston Globe. His children's musical "Emil and the Detectives," co-created with Karen MacDonald and based on the German classic by Erich Kaestner, was presented as a year-long tour of the East Coast by Barry and Fran Weissler. More recently, he has written words, music, and the book for "Don't Know Nobody that Boogies Anymore," a two-act musical, as well as a new English translation of Verdi's "Rigoletto." His translation of the New Testament from the original Greek, "The Unvarnished New Testament," has remained in print since 1991, garnering the appreciation of thousands of readers.