Photo by Allison Frasca

David and Paul Rigano make up the award-winning cabaret and musical theatre songwriting team The Rigano Songbook. Together they have written the musicals You Heard It Here and The Holy Cows of Credence, South Dakota and created the hit cabaret series The Ides of March Extravaganza and "I Ought to Behave" and other Naughty Songs. They recently released their first full demo album for Holy Cows which can

be heard on SoundCloud.

​Their song "What Makes a Diva," written for Christina Bianco,

has been viewed over 10,000 times on YouTube. Early in the

pandemic, their quarantine-themed song and video "Screen to

Screen," featuring over 40 singers, won the Rave Theatre

Festival's Social Distancing competition. They followed that

up with two virtual musicals, We Were Wild and Get the

Duchess, which are available streaming on youtube.

Who is Rigano Songbook?

David

Playmaker and Songsmith

David Rigano (SDC Associate) is a New York City based musical theatre writer, director, and teacher. He is the creator of the musicals Awaken: a Sleeping Beauty musical, Get the Duchess, We Were Wild, The Holy Cows of Credence South Dakota, Facing East the musical, and the award-winning You Heard It Here (Best Musical Score, NY Winterfest 17). His cabarets include The Rigano Songbook, The Ides of March Extravaganza, and his biggest hit "I Ought

to Behave" and other Naughty Songs.

As a director, David has been involved in plays and musicals, including Can I Really Date a Guy Who Wears a Yarmulke?, Nutcracker! the Musical, Me the People Off-Broadway, and

Wild Women of Planet Wongo Off-Broadway at Parkside

Lounge and in Chicago at the Chopin Theatre. David went

virtual during the pandemic and directed the award winning

"Screen to Screen," the hour-long variety special The 8th Annual Ides of March Extravaganza, and the virtual musicals We Were Wild and Get the Duchess.

Contact: david@riganosongbook.com

Photo by Tiffany Doris

Photo by Tiffany Doris

I make pretty sounds by banging on dead elephant's teeth

Paul Rigano (Local 802 AFM) is an accomplished musical director, composer, arranger, pianist, and performer. He has been lucky enough to work with artists like Joe Iconis, Nick Blaemire, and Charlie Rosen, among countless others (try not to trip over those names he just dropped). And speaking of dropped names, Paul has worked in the music departments for the Broadway revivals of West Side Story starring Isaac Powell and

The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.

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As a composer, Paul has penned the scores to Awaken: a

Sleeping Beauty musical, Get the Duchess, We Were Wild,

The Holy Cows of Credence, South Dakota, You Heard It Here

(Best Musical Score, NY Winterfest '17), and Saving Seatown! The Underwater Musical, as well as several standalone pieces and film/play scores.

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Outside of his work as a composer, favorite productions include Forever Plaid (Round Barn Theatre), Nutcracker! The Musical (Westchester Sandbox Theatre), and Be More Chill (Two River Theatre)

Contact: paul@riganosongbook.com

Paul