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"Holmes & McMahon"

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Meet the best musical theatre songwriting duo you've never heard of: Holmes & McMahon!

 

Written and performed by A.J. Holmes and Kaley McMahon

"Beauty"​

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The opening number from a Snow White adaptation.

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Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes

Performed by Bre Jackson

"Greener Fields"

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Music & Lyrics by A.J. Holmes & Kaley McMahon

Performed by Anna Zavelson

"The Semester You Didn't Get Cast"

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The opening number from an 8th grade diva's one-woman show:

An Evening with Audrey Singer in Multipurpose Room B.

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Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes

Performed by Zoe Glick

"There Never Was a Woman"

from Fred Phelps: The Musical!

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The first song A.J. and Kaley ever collaborated on, in which the founder of the vehemently homophobic Westboro Baptist Church unknowingly falls in love with a man in drag (who is secretly his archnemesis, a gay rights activist!).

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Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes

Performed by Nick Rehberger

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"Bottom of the Sea"

from Netflix's Hilda (Season 3)

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Eugene the Merman has lured "The Freaky Friends" to his cave, in hopes of keeping them there forever as his very much captive audience.

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Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes

Performed by Raj Ghatak

 

(*Please note: the subtitles on this video are inaccurate.)

"Entertainment Oligopoly"

 

A peek inside Disney headquarters from the fictional failed musical Streaming Wars.

 

Written by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes


Produced & Orchestrated by Andrew Fox

Conceived & Directed by Tin Can Bros

Performed by A.J. Holmes, Jama McMahon, Carlos Valdes, P.J. Adzima, & Kaley McMahon

"Everything and More"

from TWISTED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF A ROYAL VIZIER​

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The Princess's "I want" song.

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Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes

Performed by Rachael Soglin

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Watch TWISTED on YouTube / Buy Music / Buy Sheet Music

"Take Off Your Clothes"

from TWISTED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF A ROYAL VIZIER​

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In an attempt to seduce the Princess through subliminal messaging, Aladdin takes her on a flying carpet tour of the Magic Kingdom.

 

Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by A.J. Holmes

Performed by Jeff Blim and Rachael Soglin

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Watch TWISTED on YouTube / Buy Music / Buy Sheet Music

"This Is Your Story"

from CAVEMAN 2.0

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To bridge the bitter divide between clashing generations, the younger cavemen surprise their elders with a gallery showing of cave paintings depicting their history.



 

Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music by Andrew Fox


Demo Performed by Andrew Fox

"Falling for Fred"

from FRED PHELPS: THE MUSICAL!

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Gay rights activist Lance McPansy has been leading a double life: since Fred Phelps fell for his drag persona, Chenille, (s)he has been secretly dating Fred, in an elaborate plot to win/break Fred's heart and humiliate the homophobic pastor. But when Fred opens up to Chenille/Lance, things get complicated. Meanwhile, Lance's best friend and roommate, Margie, a mousy young woman with no gaydar who has spent her whole adult life hopelessly in love with Lance, also discovers some surprising feelings.

 

Music & Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music Arranged by A.J. Holmes


Demo Performed by Shaun Fleming & Kaley McMahon

"I Was Wrong"

from IT STARTED IN STAPLES

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Addy, a haughty graphing calculator who has repeatedly rejected Blade, a lovelorn pair of scissors, comes crawling back to him after she's placed in the discount bin.

 

Music & Lyrics by Kaley McMahon

Music Arranged by A.J. Holmes


Demo Performed by Kaley McMahon

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