A Good Day

04/10/2025

I think my best interview to date!
I am featured on this podcast episode, talking about music, memory & Alzheimer's; my father; "A Good Day", and writing, developing and producing musical theatre.
The podcast series by LMJ's Lost Souls Alzheimer's Fund, "Remembering Together", is hosted by Matt Harrold.
It's on YouTube (with video) and Spotify (audio only)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ThjFwwQQbijAX0LUuXmsT
https://youtu.be/ll0bQubjjQI

Matt Harrold is joined by Eric Sirota, a New Jersey based Composer, writer Scientist with a personal connection to Alzheimer's Disease. Eric is a research s...

01/17/2024

I'm excited to announce that Good Day, was awarded "Best New Play or Musical" by BroadwayWorld!
It was produced by The Shawnee Playhouse™ in BWW's Philadelphia region.

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Philadelphia Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Philadelphia! Winners include Shawnee Playhouse, Newtown Arts Company and more.

12/04/2023

“A Good Day” was nominated for “Best New Play or Musical” in the 2023 BroadwayWorld Awards (Philadelphia region).
Please vote for “A GOOD DAY" (Shawnee Playhouse)” here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/voteregion.cfm for “Best New Play or Musical”

Also please vote for:
- Best Direction Of A Musical: Midge McClosky - A GOOD DAY (Shawnee Playhouse)
- Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance: Todd G Deen - A GOOD DAY (Shawnee Playhouse)
- Best Performer In A Musical: Dirk Marks - A GOOD DAY (Shawnee Playhouse)
Thanks!

Voting is Now Open!

10/22/2023

New trailer for "A Good Day"!

A Good Day is a new musical in-development, by Eric B. Sirota.It is an uplifting musical about undying love and the power of music to rekindle memory and awa...

09/14/2023

Some photos by Kenneth Card, from A Good Day at The Shawnee Playhouse™.
It continues to run through September 24.

Photos by Kenneth Card, from the Shawnee Playhouse's production of Eric B. Sirota's "A Good Day", directed by Midge McClosky.

09/14/2023

09/09/2023

A Good Day - A new uplifting musical about a widowed artist who is thrust back into the life of his childhood girlfriend, his first love, his muse, a musician who spurned him over 50 years ago, and who now suffers from Alzheimer’s.

Inspired by the power of music to rekindle memory and awaken the mind, Eric B. Sirota's new uplifting musical in development to be showcased Sept. 9 - Sept. 24.

09/08/2023

(Sept. 9 - Sept 24)

Inspired by the power of music to rekindle memory and awaken the mind, Eric B. Sirota's new uplifting musical in development to be showcased Sept. 9 - Sept. 24.

08/27/2023

Sept 9 - Sept 24 at The Shawnee Playhouse™
An original uplifting musical about a widowed artist who is thrust back into the life of his childhood girlfriend, his first love, his muse, a musician who spurned him over 50 years ago, and who now suffers from Alzheimer’s.

2 PM: Sat 9/9*, Sun 9/10*, Sat 9/16, Sun 9/17, Fri 9/22*, Sat 9/23*, Sun 9/24*
8 PM: Sat 9/9*, Sat 9/16, Sat 9/23*
* Eric will be at these performances. (The first and the final weekends.)

"My father had Alzheimer’s, and in his last years, the only way to reach him was through music, singing songs he knew earlier in life. I decided I wanted to write an uplifting musical touching on the power of music to rekindle memory and awaken the mind."
- Eric B. Sirota

08/05/2023

A Good Day is being produced in September by the Shawnee Playhouse, at the Delaware Water Gap in Shawnee, PA, just an hour outside of NY.

It will be directed by Midge McClosky, with Todd Deen as music director.

The performance dates are:
Sept. 9, Saturday (2 PM) *
Sept. 9, Saturday (8 PM) *
Sept. 10, Sunday (2 PM) *

Sept. 16, Saturday (2 PM)
Sept. 16, Saturday (8 PM)
Sept. 17, Sunday (2 PM)

Sept. 22, Friday (8 PM) *
Sept. 23, Saturday (2 PM) *
Sept. 23, Saturday (8 PM) *
Sept. 24, Sunday (2 PM) *
* Eric Sirota will be at these performances. (The first and the final weekends.)

Tickets are available here:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/36013/production/1139913?performanceId=11202557

Shawnee Playhouse (www.ShawneePlayhouse.org)
552 River Rd.
Shawnee on Delaware, PA 18356
email: [email protected]
(570) 421-5093

03/12/2023

"A Good Day" was just spotlighted by Dementia Spring!
https://dementiaspring.org/spotlight/a-good-day-by-eric-sirota/

Eric Sirota harnesses the power of music to rekindle the memory and awaken the mind in his dementia-inspired musical, "A Good Day." http://ow.ly/MoUL50Ne7hc