Charles Greenberg - Music, Publishing, Composing

Composer of "Sky Boys: The Building of the Empire State"

Photo by Carol Rosegg

Sky Boys has achieved Critical Mass!

"But it's the songs that shine as brightly as the steel beacon itself. Charles Greenberg's melodies recall Stephen Flaherty (of Ragtime fame), and ‘30s composers like Gershwin and Berlin, with just a touch of Sondheim." - Raven Snook, Time Out New York

"Buoyed by Charles Greenberg's winning music, which includes both Gershwin-esque passages and American Indian influences, SKY BOYS reveals the Empire State Building as so much more than just a familiar silhouette" - Laurel Graeber - NY Times

"..the show is also blessed by its adept composer, Charlie Greenberg.."- Robert Windeler, BackStage

"Riveting Steel the Mohawk Way" is one of the show's high points. It brings all the thematic and cultural elements together in a driving beat which is reminiscent of both a Mohawk drum and a riveter's gun, one which remained stuck in my head as I left the theater." - Joshua Bombino, Theater Is Easy.

"The songs offer a pleasing variety from rousing, .. to lyrical.." - Ethan Kanter - Show Business Weekly

Other comments regarding the musical theater collaborations of Barbara Zinn Krieger and Charlie Greenberg:

Alastair Macaulay, NY Times, (Jose Limon: The Making of an Artist) "..just unpretentious use of melody and rhythm tucking aspects of Limon's story engagingly into the nervous system.."

Celene McDernott, NYMETRO PARENTS (Jose Limon: The Making of: an Artist) "The songs by Charles Greenberg are catchy (you'll leave humming a few afterwards), and often funny or sad, drawing children right into the emotional heart of the scene."

Laurel Graeber, NY Times (The Butterfly) "Charles Greenberg’s score, with folk and klezmer overtones, includes lovely melodies as well as jaunty numbers for comic relief".

Laurel Graeber, NY Times (Little Kit, or The Industrious Flea Circus Girl) "“Children will find Kit’s adventures…an enjoyable introduction to opera.”