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Special Event - Sept 13, 14, 19, 24 & 27 - 2023

I'll be improvising a score LIVE - for a special reading of Shakespeare's RICHARD III -

with Al Pacino and a stellar cast -

as a benefit for arts departments whose budgets are being cut throughout LA

This is my second collaboration with Al Pacino, and a very exciting one -

Click HERE or HERE for details - and more performances are planned for later in the fall - -

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Richard III rehearsal with Al Pacino
Richard III rehearsal for Al Pacino
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it was a great pleasure and privilege to compose the score
for a new work-in-progress collaboration - 


with Al Pacino -

- an exploration into Shakespeare and politics
via Julius Caesar & Mark Antony - 
the first preview performance was June 23, 2022
click for details
there will be more performances eventually, tbd -
& more excerpts from the score coming soon - stay tuned - 

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LupercalMichael Roth
00:00 / 02:20
Make a RingMichael Roth
00:00 / 01:24
Steal Your HeartsMichael Roth
00:00 / 02:18
Here is the Will Michael Roth
00:00 / 02:40
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thanks to Ben Donenberg, Jon Gottlieb, James Grabowski, Anna Hibbert, Natalie Houle,
musicians Myra Hinrichs, Duncan Moore, John Reilly, Peter Sprague -
American Jewish University, Shakespeare Center LA - and Al - and all

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