Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein on February 24, 1947) is a British-born American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, and author of plays, novels, and stories. He is widely known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Billboard Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical Curtains, and for his television series Remember WENN.
"For me, the most memorable adventures are still the perils that we face daily in life and love, from the mundane to the meaningful. Where the comedy is often at our own expense, but where the drama, even if painful, reminds us that we are living and feeling here in the real time, with the ever-recurring possibility that this latest chapter will end with new understanding, hope and perhaps even happiness."
"I grew up watching Burns and Allen on TV. They did some amazing things on the TV show, they did surreal things. Gracie would be conspiring with her neighbor Blanche to put something over on George."
"I'd been a cult singer-songwriter generally well-regarded by some of the better vocalists and journalists of the seventies. Suddenly, a mass audience perceived me as a troubadour who'd dedicated his life to extolling the virtues of pineapple-based beverages."
"Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death."
"Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize."
"Where the Truth Lies"
"Kevin was very nice at the Q&A after the movie. He told the audience to go and get the book,"
"He read it in a ring binder, ... He said he thought the setting was fascinating, but he also liked the co-dependencies of the characters."
"To my knowledge, there's never been a duo of a brash American and a polite Brit and it's kind of an interesting dynamic for a comedy team, ... I think Colin and Kevin could always fall back on that if they have to."
"The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV."
"I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything."
I've come back this mornin' to where I first came alive Here within this terminal where the buses arrive I was a commuter on the 804 Work for a computer on the 19th floor and... You came down the aisle of the bus and you sat by my side Shoulder up to shoulder we shared that 9 o'clock ride Oh, my heart was screamin' as you left your seat Followin' your movements I was at your feet and... Oh, down into the terminal both of us smiled So we entered the terminal just as you smiled "Won't you leave out work for today?" you ask of me then So I phoned-in-sick on the way to the home of a friend We were all alone from 10 A.M. till 3 Really thought the fire had gone out of me but... You awoke the sleep of my life from gray into red Made the weary wonder of Wall Street rise from the dead Could have held up budding my entire life But I had to get home to the kids and the wife and... So I left for the terminal where I began Baby, no, I wouldn't have left if I'd been half a man So here I am this morning where love had asked for the dance Here within this terminal where I passed on a chance Lord, I'll never find her though I've truly tried Probably she's found another bus to ride and... I am now about to begin the last of my days I'm within what others would call a terminal phase I myself can only say it's livin' dead Ridin' to the office with a song in my head that goes... La da da... And you know it grows La da da... Oh, la da da...
The setlist was filled with such genre classics as RupertHolmes’ “Escape (The Pi�a Colada Song)” — which is perhaps the definitive yacht rock staple — and Looking...
The month of Elul is the prelude to the High Holy Days. It’s traditionally a time of introspection and personally taking stock ... “All Things Equal” is the latest from composer, author and Tony Award-winning playwright RupertHolmes ... 5-6 ... Braeswood Blvd.
“All Things Equal” was written by Tony Award-winning playwright RupertHolmes and directed by Laley Lippard ... to ever more deeply marvel at her strength, tenacity, sly wit and compassion,” said Holmes.
