Drew Gasparini

Gasparini graduated from San Marin High School in Novato, California, in 2004.[2] In high school he participated in jazz choirs, school musicals, an a capella barbershop quartet which he founded.[3] Gasparini briefly attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, but he dropped out after he "realized [he] didn't need a degree in order to be a songwriter".[4]

Gasparini is currently writing the scores for a number of new stage musicals including the Broadway-bound adaptation of The Karate Kid alongside screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen, an adaptation of Night Shift for Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, an adaptation of the Ned Vizzini novel/film It's Kind of a Funny Story for Universal Theatrical Group (book by Alex Brightman), an adaptation of the Newberry Award-winning children's novel The Whipping Boy (also with Brightman), and his semi-autobiographical song-cycle, We Aren't Kids Anymore. Gasparini is also collaborating with playwright Carson Kreitzer on the development of a new musical about the life of suffragette Victoria Woodhull.

Gasparini's other full-length musicals include Crazy, Just Like Me (book, music & lyrics; 2011 NYMF winner: "Best of Fest" and runner-up: "Best Book"), Make Me Bad (a musical, psychological thriller co-created with Alex Brightman), and Turn of the Screw (book by Michael Kimmel; 2012 workshop at Lincoln Center). Gasparini was a contributing composer for the fictional musical Hit List on the NBC television series Smash. In 2019 Gasparini wrote the music for Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical, a highly publicized PR stunt starring Michael C. Hall for Super Bowl LIII.

Gasparini is an alum of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and his unique brand of musical-theatre concerts have been performed to sold-out houses all over the world including Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the St. James Theater in London, and NYC venues such as Joe's Pub, Feinstein's/54 Below, and Rockwood Music Hall where he hosts Drew Gasparini & Friends, a monthly residency where Gasparini helps promote and showcase new artists. In 2018 Gasparini was invited to The Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA to play a night of his music accompanied by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

The popularity of Gasparini's songs among the musical theatre community has made him a top ten best-seller on sites where his sheet music is sold. Gasparini's album I Could Use a Drink was released in 2013 by Broadway Records. The album features performances by Broadway and TV stars such as Jeremy Jordan, Mykal Kilgore, Lindsay Mendez, Caissie Levy, Alex Brightman, F. Michael Haynie, Andrew Kober, Justin Guarini, Jennifer Damiano, and many more. On April 10, 2020, the studio cast recording of Gasparini's song-cycle We Aren't Kids Anymore was released by Concord Theatricals. The album features performances by Bonnie Milligan, Colton Ryan, Lilli Cooper, Raymond J. Lee, and Nicholas Christopher.

Gasparini's catalog is represented by Concord Music, and outside of musical theatre his songs have been heard on TV shows such as the CMT series Gainesville and The Biggest Loser on NBC, as well as ads for Hotels.com. Alongside his two sisters, Chloe and Kasie, Gasparini is one third of the indie-folk band Saint Adeline[5] and continues to perform as a solo artist as well.

On January 13, 2021 Gasparini launched his podcast "Now We're Talking with Drew Gasparini" on the Broadway Podcast Network [6] with guests, Alex Brightman, Kathryn Gallagher, and Colton Ryan.[7]