Category: Performances

  • A Place To Be’s Snow Monster Returns to New Location

    A Place To Be’s Snow Monster Returns to New Location

    November 30, 2023 Music therapy nonprofit A Place To Be is bringing back its 35-minute original musical “The Snow Monster”—a play about finding friendship and family in unexpected places—to its new children’s theater in Leesburg. The organization debuted the play, which also deals with handling difficult emotions, last year at an interim location. This year,…

  • Playbill: Reviews – What Do Critics Think of 20 Seconds: A Play With Music Off-Broadway?

    September 25, 2023 The reviews are rolling in for Thomas Sweitzer’s play with music 20 Seconds. The solo play officially opened September 21 at the Pershing Square Signature Center after beginning previews September 10, and is set to continue through October 21.  Jeremy Scott Blaustein directs the work, which won Best Solo Performance at the 2022 Capital…

  • Broadway World -Review Roundup: Thomas Sweitzer’s 20 SECONDS

    September 25, 2023 Thomas Sweitzer’s award-winning tale of love, forgiveness, resilience and the extraordinary power of music, 20 Seconds just celebrated its opening night! Written and performed by Sweitzer, with direction and development by Jeremy Scott Blaustein (Producing Artistic Director of Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre), 20 Seconds is now in performances at The Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd…

  • Broadway Podcast Network: Ep 21 – Opening Night Coverage of “20 Seconds” Starring Tom Sweitzer

    September 21, 2023 We were live on the red carpet for “20 Seconds” at the Signature. We had a chance to talk to the star Tom Sweitzer about the journey to NY with this incredibly personal story. We also chat with the director, VIP guests, and more! To a young Tom Sweitzer in 1970s blue-collar…

  • Playbill: 20 Seconds, A Play With Music Opens Off-Broadway September 21

    September 21, 2023 Thomas Sweitzer‘s play with music 20 Seconds officially opens September 21 at the Pershing Square Signature Center. The six-week engagement began previews September 10 and will continue through October 21. Jeremy Scott Blaustein directs and develops the solo play, which won Best Solo Performance at the 2022 Capital Fringe Festival. Sweitzer grew up in 1970s blue-collar Pennsylvania,…

  • Photos: First Look at Thomas Sweitzer’s 20 SECONDS Off-Broadway

    September 18, 2023 Thomas Sweitzer’s award-winning tale of love, forgiveness, resilience and the extraordinary power of music, 20 Seconds will have its New York City opening night this Thursday, September 21. Get a first look at photos below! Written and performed by Sweitzer, with direction and development by Jeremy Scott Blaustein (Producing Artistic Director of Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre), 20 Seconds is now…

  • Loudoun Times-Mirror: Sweitzer Set For Off-Broadway Production This Fall

    August 23, 2023 The co-founder of the Leesburg-based music therapy program A Place to Be is embarking on an exciting new project this fall when his one-man show hits the stage Off-Broadway in New York City. Tom Sweitzer’s 90-minute show, “20 Seconds,” portrays the roller-coaster experiences in his life, including the passing of his mother…

  • Broadway World: 20 SECONDS, Award-Winning Play with Music, to Make New York City Premiere in September

    August 9, 2023 Winner of 2022 The Capital Fringe Festival for Best Solo Performance, Thomas Sweitzer will premiere his award-winning tale of love, forgiveness, resilience and the extraordinary power of music, 20 Seconds, in New York City for a limited six-week engagement, September 10 – October 21, 2023. Written and performed by Sweitzer, with direction…

  • Loudoun Now: Getting Hoppy with APTB’s ‘The Grumpy Bunny’

    March 23, 2023 Are your kids suffering from spring forward saltiness? Tom Sweitzer and the team from A Place To Be Music Therapy have got you covered. APTB’s latest seasonal family musical “The Grumpy Bunny” is designed to help kids process negative feelings and look for positivity. When the cheerful Easter Bunny moves in next…

  • Loudoun Now: Finding Home in The Snow Monster

    Loudoun Now: Finding Home in The Snow Monster

    November 25, 2022 As the most wonderful time of the year moves into full swing, negative and complicated emotions can rear their heads. Loudoun’s noted music therapy studio A Place to Be addresses anger and learning to communicate emotions in its new winter show, “The Snow Monster,” an original musical written and directed by co-founder…