Samsel / Anderson
Musical Theater Songwriters
Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson are the LA based Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominated songwriting duo behind Apple TV’s Central Park, Disney Animation’s Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (Annie nomination), the off-Broadway Musical, Between the Lines (Drama Desk, OCC nominated) , and The Book Thief which just played the Leicester Curve and Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in the UK. A West End Transfer is now in the works. They recently completed their fourth full length musical, Austenland, which is an adaptation of Shannon Hale’s novel of the same title. The two are signed artists with Disney Publishing.
Now Available:
Stream the Between the Lines cast album on all music platforms, License a production of Between the Lines through Music Theater International, and purchase the Piano Vocal Selections through Hal Leonard!
Check out our brand new song for “Everybody Still Hates Chris” on Comedy Central
(Click Image to hear the full song on instagram!)
The Book Thief
a New Musical based on the worldwide Best Selling Novel by Markus Zusak
Take a look at the most recent trailer from our Regional Production at Leicester Curve and Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre.
Check out the song from the new Zootopia+ Shorts series by Disney Animation, BIG TIME. Co-written by Michael Giacchino, Elyssa Samsel, and Kate Anderson and performed by the incredible Alan Tudyk. You can stream the musical episode “Duke: The Musical” now on Disney +!
Animation Reel
“Christmas Number One”
Hear our holiday single “Christmas Number One”, written in collaboration with Academy Award winning composer, Michael Giacchino, Performed by Itchy Teeth, produced by John Robert Wood.
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