Philip Michael Thomas and Sandi Morais Producers and Writers of
SACHA ON BROADWAY/MUSICAL REVIEW, an original modern day musical
Fairy-tale. A Story about LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, and the POWER within.
Book, lyrics and music by Philip Michael Thomas and Sandi Morais.
SACHA ON BROADWAY/MUSICAL REVIEW, an original modern day musical
Fairy-tale. A Story about LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, and the POWER within.
Book, lyrics and music by Philip Michael Thomas and Sandi Morais.
"SACHA" A MUSICAL REVIEW"- interview with guest
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PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & SACHA NICHOLE THOMAS - SING "WITH YOU" I CAN DO ANYTHING. PMT IN LONDON SINGING ROCKIN ROBBIN PLUS
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Philip Michael Thomas PLAYS LUNA on the piano @
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RITA THE RAT SINGS & DANCES "I AM A REAL KOOL CAT"
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FSACHA ON BROADWAY
9th PRODUCTION
ORLANDO FLORIDA 2007
Book, lyrics and music by
Philip Michael Thomas
Sandi Morais
Executive Producers
and Writers
An original modern day
Musical Fairy-tale
A Story about
LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, and the POWER within.
Directed by
Sandi Morais
A special bonus for the Orlando audience was the talent of
Dewayne Barrett who served as the choreographer for
Sacha on Broadway. Having choreographed all over the world for A Chorus Line and West Side Story, Mr. Barrett didn’t disappoint. No one will forget the fancy foot work by Rita the Rat any time soon, and the FINALE
dance production of "THIS IS IT... I AM ON BROADWAY".
SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
COLORING STORY BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
MUSIC FOR SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK
WITH NEW ARTWORK BY IMAJ
The Big Old Elephant and the Teeny Weeny Mouse, Magic Cookie Maker, I Love My ABC’s,
Granddaddy Said", "A.E.I.O.U." and "IMAGINATION", plus
"We are the children of the World",
"Love is The MAGIC" and
"I Love you with all my Heart".
A SPECIAL BONUS SONG
GITCHI, GITCHI, GOUCHIE, GOUCHIE
YOU'RE MY LITTLE HOUCHIE COUCHIE...
I LOVE YOU
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JANET ERLICK
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I VOW MY LOVE WITH YOU
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FT. LAUDERDALE CHILDREN'S THEATER
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & SANDI MORAIS
JANET ERLICK
Executive Artistic Director
PRESENT'S
SACHA
AND THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
World Premiere
January 12, 2001
(The MUSICAL FAIRYTALE)
Was preformed to sold out audiences
and rave reviews
at the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater.
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SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK
25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION -
$24.99 (INCLUDES S & H)
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & SANDI MORAIS
JANET ERLICK
Executive Artistic Director
PRESENT'S
SACHA
AND THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
World Premiere
January 12, 2001
(The MUSICAL FAIRYTALE)
Was preformed to sold out audiences
and rave reviews
at the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater.
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SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK
25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION -
$24.99 (INCLUDES S & H)
SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
MUSIC BOOK
$30.00
(PLUS S & H)
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Philip Michael Thomas
The Composer CEO of Spaceship Records, Inc. Singer, Songwriter, Music & Lyric Vocal Arranger, Producer, Poet, Playwright, Philanthropist, Doctor of the Arts "Honoris causa" Actor & Photographer _______________ “When you dare to dream and pursue your dream with passion, all things are possible.” We stand on the shoulders of our GREAT ANCESTORS! We are All FAMILY. I love our beloved FAMILY who are REAL Earth Angels, teachers and guides. They taught me, my brothers and sisters and our cousins that, “We Can START where we are USE what we have and CREATE what we want”. ______________________ 1964 thru 1967 Philip Michael Thomas was a member of the Delman Heights Foursquare Gospel Pentecostal Church in San Bernardino, California. Thomas sang in the choir studied the Bible with Pastor, Dr. William Larue Dillard and was ordained as a 15 year old Pentecostal youth minister. _______________________________ In 1969 Thomas was chosen to star as Hud in the San Francisco production of the “Hair” The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, Directed by Tom O’ Horgan with 27 other cast members. It opened July 17, 1969 and ran for six months at the The Geary Theater, also known as the Toni Rembe Theater, has a seating capacity of 1,025 seats. It's a historic venue owned and operated by the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). Philip also starred as Berger” in "Hair" at the 2,197 Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco) for a year. Philip continued his studies at UC Berkley and A.C.T. American Conservatory Theater. _________________________ In 1971 twenty-one year old Philip auditioned for Charles Gordon’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “No Place to Be Somebody”. Mr. Gordone cast Philip as Gabe Gabriel & Ben Vereen as Johnny. The play ran for six months eight shows a week at the On Broadway Theater in San Francisco. ____________________ PMT’s first Broadway experience was starring as Gabe Gabriel with the 1971 revival cast of No Place to Be Somebody also starring Mary Alice (Cora), Bill Terry (Sweets), Ron Thompson (Shanty) and Terry Alexander as (Johnny) at the Morasco Theater. _________________________________ Philip Michael Thomas is the founder and CEO of his independent Record label Spaceship Records, originally formed in 1972 at 6512 La Mirada St. in Hollywood, California. In 1977, at age 26, Thomas continued his musical performance journey as the singer song writer, who composes his songs on piano and guitar. He is the musician and lyricist and executive producer, co-writer, and producer of 2 Original Musical Plays In 1977 PMT composed original music & lyrics, and Co- produced and starred in a Jazz and Blues Musical tilted “The Legend of Stacker Lee" at the Variety Arts Theater in Los Angeles, California with the Original Script & Music by FRANK FIELDS- and PAUL ELWOOD HARRIS twenty-five years later... "I loved teaming up with 64 year old Composer Director / Author / Lyricist PAUL ELWOOD HARRIS and Musical Director Edreese Sadiqui, and produciing this AMAZING Historic Jazz and Blues Musical Operetta with a cast of Operatic Characters who were performing my original songs, "Since I Met You", "Fish & Chips won't do" "Sex-Z- Lady, "Fire Turns to Ice", "She's a Liar" and "Starry-Eyed". The Legend of Stacker Lee Musical reveals another fabulous time in our African American History. The Baddest Man in Town __________________ "In 1980 Thomas had worked with producer Michael Butler for seven years developing a Reggae Musical for Broadway, in 1974 Philip and Michael Butler visited Jamaica doing research and met with Cris Blackwell and Bob Andy and finally Philip Michael Thomas was * STARING in his second Broadway Production after Charles Gorodone's 1970 Pulitizer Prize winning play "No Place to Be Somebody at the Morasco Theater. Now it is (Mar 27, 1980 the Biltmore Theatre as ESAU / HAILE SELASSIE I EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA in REGGAE- A MUSICAL REVELATION with * CHERYL LEE RALPH * * OBA BABATUNDE * * RAS KARBI * CALVIN LOCKHART - PRODUCER MICHAEL BUTLER Executive Producer Woodie King Jr. This is also the time Thomas had begun composing the MUSIC and LYRICS & BOOK for the Gospel Musical "E-M-A-N-U-E-L, with ABUNA Nathanel Williams - Archbishop of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Harlem, New York. It is a Gospel musical about our beloved Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ and her Love Story with Joseph the legal and earthly father of Jesus and husband of Mary and the patron saint of fathers. _________________________ MIAMI WAY THEATER & SPACESHIP RECORDS PERFORMING ART'S CENTER Accented with artistic images reflecting a vision of divine Egyptian loveliness, The MiamiWay Theater was a wonderland of entertainment for Thomas and the residents of South Florida. 1984 thru 1998 Mr. Thomas owned and operated Spaceship Recording Studio and the Miami Way Theater. It was an invaluable contribution he made for Family Entertainment and the community to watch Films, Children’s Theater productions, Amateur Night, Puppet Shows, Arts and Entertainment and Jazz Master performances being celebrated at 126-15 West Dixie Highway in North Miami. ____________________ In 1988, PMT founded the non-profit Philip Michael Thomas Foundation for the Arts. His efforts opened up the hearts and minds of South Florida’s diverse culture through it's JAZZ LIVE SERIES. Produced by Paxton Baker, who was the first Miami-way Theater manager in 1985 and Paxton began his association with BET in 1992 when the company sponsored the first St. Lucia Jazz Festival. Thomas would ultimately own and operate his 7,940 SF MiamiWay Theater with 450 seats and all the stage and lighting equipment , where you can produce the Magic of Theater Productions LIVE on stage and his independent record label, Spaceship Records Company with a 24 track Spaceship Recording Studio for 15 years. (1984 thru 1998). This multi-complex was the creative hub where he Executive Produced New original Musicals like "1990's Woman" with writer, Director Kassandra Green, & Musical Director Kenny Riggins. Emmy Award-winning Cornelia "Corky" Dozier the founder of Coconut Grove Playhouse Children’s Theater, produced & directed children's plays at the Miami-Way Theater and continued to inspire the next generation of actors, writers, and producers. Robert Macbeth, Founder of Harlem's New Lafayette Theater created a vibrant space for actors and playwrights that became a seedbed for the emerging Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s" was also a teacher and acting coach on staff. Edward Albee's classic dramatic play "The Zoo Story" was staged by Law student and theater manager who played (Jerry) Acelo Pedroso & James B. Randolph II (Peter). Mr. Randolph continues to teach Acting, Classical Styles, Mask Characterization, and Speech at the New World School of the Arts. The Space Puppet' Galaxy to the Stars shows, were developed by PMT and Edward Lopez at the Miam-iway Theater, "We Are The Children of The World" was their theme Song". Robert W. Smith was the musical director. Melton Mustafa's Jazz Orchestra began playing their yearly concerts on the Miami-Way Theater stage in 1985 . In Spaceship Recording Studio we recorded Pop, Gospel, R&B, Rapp, Jazz, Latin, Country, Rock and Reggae artist albums and commercials. We loved producing Amateur Night and independent film festivals. Although this entrepreneurial project would require a great investment of time and money, for Thomas it would be no match for his burning desire to educate young minds, feed hungry souls and make a difference in the future lives of children and families. “One whose kind acts were begun with kind thoughts, One whose greatness is not found in his passions, One whose power is not found in his position or his prestige But one who is filled with goodness, humility, service, and character”- A quote from Philip Michael Thomas’ beloved Mother, Mrs. Lula Mc Morris Thomas, born in Columbus, Ohio September 21, 1926 - December 28, 2015. ------------------------------------------- In 2025 Sandi Morais and I are celebrating our forty years of Friendship and working together on creative successful projects since we first me on the set of Miami Vice in 1984 and twenty-five years of publishing our FAMILY Musical Fairytale "SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER & “SACHA ON BROADWAY. From the beginning of our creative collaboration in 1999 we video taped all the rehearsals, workshops and productions for educational purposes and archived them for the future development of other ancillaries, book sales, How to Write & Produce a Children's Musical, merchandising potential with music CDs, DVDs, MP3 availability, singing dolls & puppets, action figures, publications (print and electronic), video gaming, animated films, cable and subscription television. "Working with Sandi Morias has truly been a labor of love and such an awesome lifetime experience." ______________________ The People's Choice Award and 2x NAACP Image Award winner Philip Michael Thomas and his partner Sandi Morais, said, “When we first started writing Children’s stories together from 1999 thru 2001 each story was written to help reinforce the self-image and self-worth values of our young children.” Those stories & music & lyrics and activities became “SACHA & The Magic Cookie Maker Coloring Book & other short stories”. _______________________ The 2025 -twenty-five year Anniversary Edition of the Sacha and The Magic Cookie Maker Coloring Story Book- and The MUSIC BOOK with Lyrics and Music is the seed that was planted in 1999. It has now grown into the beautiful TEACHING TREE that has been published with all the delicious fruit that GOD has blessed us to IMAGINE. We CREATED & developed SACHA GOODMAN and her family with all the wonderful MAGICAL characters in the nine scrips and workshopped and PRODUCED the nine productions of SACHA'S MAGICAL MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH IMAGINATION. IT CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM. SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER & SACHA ON BROADWAY are now ready for the next productions to begin. _________________________________ Parents and teachers can use the five original stories about Sacha’s adventure to Magic Cookie Land along with the 5 children’s songs that Philip wrote titled, The Big Old Elephant and the Teeny Weeny Mouse, Magic Cookie Maker, I Love My ABC’s, Granddaddy Said", "A.E.I.O.U." and "IMAGINATION", plus "We are the children of the World", "Love is The MAGIC" and "I Love you with all my Heart". A SPECIAL BONUS SONG GITCHI, GITCHI, GOUCHIE, GOUCHIE YOU'RE MY LITTLE HOUCHIE COUCHIE... I LOVE YOU ______________________________ The SACHA Coloring book & Music book is the PERFECT GIFT to help Parents & GRAND PARENTS who are Home Schooling their children & GRAND CHILDREN to have FUN and GAMES and PLAY & LEARN to sing NEW SONGS and DANCE & ACT out all the story ADVENTURES to all the lyrics and music as they are learning and IMAGINING with Sacha, Martin the Frog, Dolly the Duck, Ray the Rat, Sam the Snake and Harriet the Owl. The Magic Cookie Maker stories & activities can help stimulate Auditory Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Pre-Math Skills, Color Coordination, Critical Thinking, and also help enhance the creative I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N! _______________________________ Philip Michael Thomas is a 1967 graduate from San Bernardino High School in California. He attended Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, UC Riverside and UC Berkley. Mr. Thomas received the degree of Doctor of Arts (Honoris Causa) from Shaw University in 1997 for his contribution to the arts. He has been writing children’s music and lyrics and poetry for over fifty-years. Philip gained international recognition in 1984 thru 1989 for his starring role as Ricardo Tubbs on the Emmy Award-winning television series “Miami Vice,” He won the People’s Choice Award in 1986 and in 1985 & 1986 he won the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards for best performance by an actor, dramatic mini series or television movie. |
MUSICAL ROOTS
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Sandi Morais
Writer, Director
& Co-Ex-Producer
In May, 1999 Sandi Morais was teaching Preschool at Sunset Christian Academy in Miami, Florida, she wanted to introduce her class to some new material. She played five of Philip's original children's songs to the children titled The Big Old Elephant & The Teeny Weeny Mouse,
Magic Cookie Maker,
Granddaddy Said,
I Love My ABC'S
& A.E.I.O.U.
Sandi was amazed how quickly the children were able to remember the words to the songs. Sandi and Philip decided to turn the songs into stories for the book, and then in nine months they wrote the script and developed the Goodman family and characters into a musical play titled Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker.
The first song they composed together is titled "Love is the Magic & the Magic is YOU!
The musical play was produced in
Ft. Lauderdale. Miami, Florida, Hampton, Virginia, New York City and Orlando, Florida.
Writer, Director
& Co-Ex-Producer
In May, 1999 Sandi Morais was teaching Preschool at Sunset Christian Academy in Miami, Florida, she wanted to introduce her class to some new material. She played five of Philip's original children's songs to the children titled The Big Old Elephant & The Teeny Weeny Mouse,
Magic Cookie Maker,
Granddaddy Said,
I Love My ABC'S
& A.E.I.O.U.
Sandi was amazed how quickly the children were able to remember the words to the songs. Sandi and Philip decided to turn the songs into stories for the book, and then in nine months they wrote the script and developed the Goodman family and characters into a musical play titled Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker.
The first song they composed together is titled "Love is the Magic & the Magic is YOU!
The musical play was produced in
Ft. Lauderdale. Miami, Florida, Hampton, Virginia, New York City and Orlando, Florida.
January 1, 2000
@ The Manhattan Center Theater
Mr. Philip Michael Thomas' &
M-Zuri Moyo Aimbaye's Duet performance, singing
"Significant Other"
Conductor and arranger David Eaton. Guest percussionist
Kenny Muhammad
was televised world wide
For more information contact:
www.philipmichaelthomas.info/
@ The Manhattan Center Theater
Mr. Philip Michael Thomas' &
M-Zuri Moyo Aimbaye's Duet performance, singing
"Significant Other"
Conductor and arranger David Eaton. Guest percussionist
Kenny Muhammad
was televised world wide
For more information contact:
www.philipmichaelthomas.info/
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS * STARING in REGGAE- A MUSICAL REVELATION
CHERYL LEE RALPH * OBA BABATUNDE * RAS KARBI * CALVIN LOCKHART -
NEW YORK 1980
SELF PORTRAIT of PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS as HAILE SELASSIE I EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA IN REGGAE ON BROADWAY REHEARSALS NEW YORK 1980
THE SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER MUSIC BOOK has piano and vocal lead sheets. with Musical arrangements & Lyrics by Philip Michael Thomas & Sandi Morais.
Musical Director & arranger Melton”Shakir" Mustafa Sr.
Biography in the 2005 production of
SACHA ON BROADWAY
Melton Mustafa-Trumpet player extraordinaire, arranger/composer, producer, and educator. Melton has performed with some of the top names in JAZZ including the Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Woody Herman Orchestra, Bobby Watson, Jaco Pastorius, George Cables, John Hicks, Charlie Mingus Dynasty, and Gunter Shuller, among many others. Mustafa has played in many of the international Jazz Festival which include the Playboy Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Ravina Jazz Festival, SS Norway Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Lugano Jazz Festival (Italy), Pori Jazz Festival, Charlie Mingus Epitaph Orchestra in Russia and many others. As a traveling artist, Mustafa manages to conduct his duties as an educator, Mustafa is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at Florida Memorial University where he teaches Music Theory, Jazz Composition and other jazz related courses. He also produces his Annual Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival at Florida Memorial University. Some of the guest artists that appeared at the Festival from (1996-2009) were, Jon Faddis, Abraham Laboriel, Benny Golson, Dr. Nathan Davis, Dr. Grover Washington Jr., Dr. James Moody, Idris Muhammad, George Cables, Wallace Roney, Patrice Rushen, Geri Allen, Jimmy Owens, Billy Cobham, Herbie Mann, Dr. Billy Taylor, Clarke Terry, Curtis Fuller, Nestor Torres, Winard Harper, Najee, Randy Brecker, and others.
PMT INTERVIEW WITH EBONY JET SHOWCASE ABOUT BUILDING SPACESHIP RECORDS AND THE MIAMI WAY THEATER COMPLEX
SACHA & ENSEMBLE SING AND DANCE
"THIS IS IT... I AM ON BROADWAY" in ORLANDO , FLORIDA 2007
"THIS IS IT... I AM ON BROADWAY" in ORLANDO , FLORIDA 2007
THE EMPEROR OF AKASHA -
E.G.O.T.
PAINTING by
GEORGE REEDER APOLLO - COPYRIGHT 1987
Philip Michael Thomas &
Charles Gordone @
THE OBIE AWARDS 1986
SPACE PUPPETS @
MIAMI-WAY THEATER singing "We Are The Children of The World 1994
Philip Michael Thomas with Puppets in Costa Rica 1996
Philanthropic Endeavors:
We strongly believe that theater builds character as a result we have established the
Olive Excell Foundation in collaboration with the Philip Michael Thomas Foundation for the Arts.
The foundation was established to celebrate the life and continue the legacy of Olive Excell, mother of Sandi Morais. The Olive Excell Foundation /Philip Michael Thomas Foundation of the Arts will help to provide scholarships to students in Jamaica and the United States to assist them in pursuing their dream in the area of arts and education. The first scholarship from the Olive Excell/Philip Michael Thomas Foundation of the Arts was awarded to the Arts Academy of Hollywood in 2005.



