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The Last Session is a musical with the book by Jim Brochu and the music and lyrics by Steve Schalchlin, with additional lyrics by John Bettis and Marie Cain. The musical is about a singer/songwriter who has decided to commit suicide to end his battle with AIDS, but only after one last recording session in the studio. The musical was presented Off Broadway in 1997.

The musical is partially based on Schalchlin's life. CurtainUp notes that the musical is a "fictionalized and more tightly focused version of the autobiographical notes that the composer, Steve Schalchlin, has been keeping about his own life in a diary.

Gideon is an ex gospel singer turned pop star who has scheduled a final recording session. He invites his old band to join him including professional back up singer Tryshia,
failed rock singer turned Mary Kay Cosmetics salesperson, Vicki, and studio engineer Jim. Buddy is a young Texas gospel singer, who has idolized Gideon his entire lifetime. He has come to Los Angeles to meet Gideon and to follow in his footsteps to cross over from gospel to pop. His world is shaken when, during the course of the recording session, he learns that Gideon is gay and has AIDS.

The Last Session was produced Off Off Broadway at the Currican Theater in May 1997, directed by Mike Wills and featuring Bob Stillman as Gideon. The musical next was presented Off Broadway at the 47th Street Theatre, running from October 17, 1997 to March 1, 1998. Directed by Jim Brochu, the cast featured Bob Stillman as "Gideon," Grace Garland as Trisha, Amy Coleman as Vicki, Dean Bradshaw as Jim and Stephen Bienskie as Buddy. The musical was nominated for the New York Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical and the Outstanding Off Broadway Musical by the New York Outer Critics Circle. (who went on to be nominated for the Theatre LA Ovation Award for Featured Actor). An original cast album was recorded with elaborate packaging and a vocal selections book was published by Cherry Lane Music.

The CurtainUp reviewer of the 1997 Off Broadway production called the musical "life affirming" and wrote: "'The Last Session' combines an affecting story, songs you'll want to hear again it's original and funny, enlightening and thoroughly enjoyable. It is not a depressing show about a disturbing subject." Rochester NY; Uptown Players at Trinity River Arts Center, Dallas in 2002(which also recorded a cast album); Omaha (1999); Denver, Chicago and Indianapolis (which also recorded their own cast album). Brochu and Schalchlin have created another musical, which, among other things, traces the history of The Last Session titled The Big Voice: God or Merman?. The musical ran Off Broadway in 2006. Composer Steve Schalchlin maintains his online diary called "Living In The Bonus Round".