Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play

Adapted From the 1947 Lux Radio Broadcast by Lance Arthur Smith
Original Lyrics, Music & Arrangements by Jon Lorenz

Presented by special arrangement with Stage Rights (www.stagerights.com)

Author’s Note

By Lance Arthur Smith and Jon Lorenz

At one of our earliest meetings we spoke of the need for faith in something; not necessarily religious faith, but the kind of faith from which hope springs. All the characters in Miracle on 34th Street, from young Susan up to Mr. Macy himself, suffer from a crisis of faith. Our job was to help them out of the dark labyrinth and shine a light on the discovery of the miracle; here less a fateful stroke of magic, but rather the result of how faith and support in your fellow human can lead to the unexpected, extraordinary joy.

Author’s Bios

Lance Arthur Smith

Lance Arthur Smith received his BA in Theatre with concentrations in Writing and Acting at the University of New Mexico under Emmy-winning writer Digby Wolfe (Laugh-In). His interstitial musical shorts appeared in the first three years of the University’s Dionysus In The Round festival of one acts, and his plays True Blue and Brushing The Center (co-written with Phillip Hughes) were produced there.

Commissions include The Price of Peace (New Village Arts) and Miracle On 34th Street (San Diego Musical Theatre). His play The Two Wisemen Of Las Cruces was a Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Semifinalist and Princess Grace Award Semifinalist.

Head Writer of the sci-fi pilot Orbital Broadcast One for TFK/Wavebreaking, he also appeared as a series regular alongside Star Trek veterans George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Tim Russ.

His book Princess Geek was recently published, a non-fiction account of parenting a girl in the age of geek chic.

Jon Lorenz

Jon Lorenz (original songs) is an award-winning composer, arranger, lyricist, actor, and playwright from San Diego. He created the long-running 80s review Mixtape (with Colleen Kollar–Smith), which ran for three years, was named “San Diego’s longest-running homegrown show” by the San Diego Union-Tribune and brought back by popular demand. Their companion piece, Pump Up the Volume: a 90s Palooza was commissioned by San Diego Musical Theater, as was Miracle on 34th Street.  Oz: An American Musical Adventure (at Lamb’s Players) was nominated for multiple San Diego Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Musical. Alice was produced by NYU and optioned by NBC/Universal Theatricals. His works for youth theaters have been produced across the country for the last 26 years.

As Resident Musical Director for Lamb’s Players’ acclaimed Festival of Christmas series, Jon penned over 40 original songs and arrangements and produced two albums of selected works. The Sounds of Lamb’s Festival of Christmas: Best of 2007-2009 and Best of 2009-2017 are both available on Apple Music. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.