In the early 1980s, when I was in San Francisco putting together a Christmas show, I was introduced to the multi-talented Dennis Goza, singer, actor, songwriter and one of the best script and lyric writers I would ever have the privilege to work with. Initially we worked on Christmas shows for small casts featuring humorous skits and original songs celebrating Christmas in snowless San Francisco. Later we came up with an idea to write and perform a mini Broadway-style musical featuring only two performers with myself at the keyboard. It was a simple plot: Boy meets, wins, loses and regains girl. We would incorporate several songs I had composed with other lyric writers, and Dennis and I would work together on others. Dennis would supply the book to tie everything together. The show, appropriately named It Only Takes Two was completed and performed in 1985, including in the Bandshell in Golden Gate Park where it was enthusiastically received.

Shortly afterwards Dennis and his wife got more involved in their own touring children's theatre company, L'Eau Theque Productions, I got busy with other projects, and we ceased to actively work together. Nonetheless we would continue to collaborate on songs for their children's shows for several years, and have maintained an on-going Internet friendship ever since.

Recently I came across two cassette recordings of the show including the one we put on in Golden Gate Park. Excerpts of that show are included below as they had the best sound quality. Sara Stutz and Robin Taylor played the leads, and I accompanied on keyboard, though Dennis played the male lead in other shows. While the sound quality is not great, it's good enough to showcase the songs.