{"id":241,"date":"2018-10-09T17:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=241"},"modified":"2018-10-16T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T14:13:14","slug":"anxiety-stew-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2018\/10\/09\/anxiety-stew-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal Ticket: Anxiety Stew musical joins three alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>David Kelly \u201986 (middle) is joined by both Steve Olejarczyk \u201986 (to his left) and Greg Koerner \u201987 (to his right) on the guitar.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some songwriters begin with a melody; others find inspiration in a catchy phrase. For David Kelly \u201986, writer and composer of the new musical <i>Anxiety Stew<\/i>, it all started with a little too much dessert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI happen to like cannolis a lot, good ones,\u201d says Kelly, who grew up in a Sicilian family. \u201cOnce, I had too many, and I woke up in a cold sweat because I had a dream I was trying to swim my way through a cannoli shell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">A less creative person might simply have told someone about the anxiety dream. Kelly went further. A Wall Street quantitative analyst by day who has performed original rock \u2019n\u2019 roll songs in \u201cjust about every dive in New York,\u201d he wrote a song about the dream. The song in turn grew into a stage musical set in the office of a psychologist who specializes in food issues. Other original songs in the revue include a sexy vamp about hors d\u2019oeuvres and a rap based around the hook from the children\u2019s classic \u201cOn Top of Spaghetti.\u201d The sum of these compositions is <i>Anxiety Stew<\/i>, which made its New York City debut at Cherry Lane Theatre in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When Kelly finished writing the show, he brought in college friend (and partner in \u201980s rock act Then Omaha) Steve Olejarczyk \u201986 to serve as musical director. Greg Koerner \u201987 later joined as bassist of the on-stage <i>Anxiety Stew<\/i> band, the Stew-Nods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Kelly says the sensibility the three collaborators share as alumni informed the show\u2019s sneaky-smart sense of humor. \u201cThey added a whole other set of colors to what I wrote,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWith these guys, I know that what they end up doing will be cool and tasteful. That\u2019s the Colgate profile\u2009\u2014\u2009you can have confidence that they\u2019ll get the joke.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A less creative person might have told someone about their anxiety dream. 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