Oct 18, 2025
This week, Les sits down with songwriting partners Joel Higgins and Marty Silvestri, whose work spans television, stage, and studio. From their first collaboration in the ‘70s to their newest project, The Beat of a Wandering Heart (premiering this November at New York’s Laurie Beechman Theatre - ticket link below) Joel and Marty have built a creative partnership that thrives on storytelling, melody, and trust.
They talk about their long-running collaboration, the emotional arc behind Wandering Heart, and the joy of hearing new performers bring fresh life to their songs. It’s a warm, funny, and inspiring look at a duo who never stopped creating.
THE BEAT OF A WANDERING HEART
The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 THROUGH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
https://www.thebeechman.com/events/the-beat-of-a-wandering-heart
Starring Christine Andreas, George Dvorsky, James Harkness and Casey Borghesi
The Beat of a Wandering Heart - a seventy-five minute theatrical
revue, displaying the immense color and range of Silvestri's and
Higgins' music and lyric style. It’s a sung-through story of the
thrills of being anywhere else, being with anyone else and,
eventually, finding peace by coming home.
Created and directed by award-winning director Mark Nadler,
choreography by James Harkness and musical arrangements by Nadler.