This week’s good neighbors are local playwrights who spark conversations, stir emotions and bring unforgettable stories to life.
Long before the curtain rises…before the actors take their places…theater begins with just an idea. And in Lansing, two men have spent their lives turning ideas into stories. Tom Klunzinger is one of them.
“I listened to my first Broadway musical cast album at age five. So then from that, I wrote my first song, words of music at age six. I wrote my first play at age 24 my first musical age 34.”
From that first album at age five, Tom’s life has been filled with music and stories. His biggest production? The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Riverwalk theatre in 1999. His proudest? A one-night run on Broadway in 2018.
Tom was recently honored with the Robert Busby Special Thespie Award, recognizing his lifetime of contributions to Lansing’s theater community…