Author Profile:  Gene Casey

Gene Casey, was a lyricist-composer, musical director, arranger and accompanist.  With his brother Jan, Casey wrote Hubba Hubba, a 1940s style musical that premiered in 1970 at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut and had a run at the Manhattan Theatre Club.  The musical was published in 2002 by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.

Among his other credits are co-writing "The Orphan's Revenge," which had extended runs at Ford's Theatre in Washington and the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas.  His children's musical, "The Magic Weave," has toured extensively nationwide.

Casey also wrote songs for two Gallagher comedy television specials and for "Trapper John, M.D.," "McCloud" and other TV series.  As an accompanist, he played piano for an array of performers, including Edie Adams, Kaye Ballard and Liza Minnelli.

Casey was born at Ft. Sill, Okla., and grew up in Marshall, Texas.  He moved to Los Angeles from New York City in the 1970s.  He died in 2003 at the age of 70.