Kismet (musical) Masterson, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allan, David Rendall and Rosemary Ashe. The second was made in 1991 starring Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Jerry Hadley, Dom DeLuise, Mandy Patinkin, and Julia Migenes, with music direction by Paul Gemignani. Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on "Kismet", the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. The story concerns a wily poet who talks his way out of trouble several
The Last Session (musical) The Last Session (musical) The Last Session is a musical with the book by Jim Brochu and the music and lyrics by Steve Schalchlin, with additional lyrics by John Bettis and Marie Cain. The musical is about a singer/songwriter who has decided to commit suicide to end his battle with AIDS, but only after one last recording session in the studio. The musical was presented Off-Broadway in 1997. The musical is partially based on Schalchlin's life. "CurtainUp" notes that the musical is a "fictionalized and more tightly focused version of the autobiographical notes that the composer, Steve Schalchlin, has been