Here at Pace, the cast gets ready in a circle for tonights first public reading of Darling.
Happy new year to everyone. The rest of this month became booked rather quickly with performance work. I’ll be performing two different styles of shows for the ever discerning pallet. Tomorrow night I’ll be in Williamsburg at Rose Live with Willie and The Wolves, a surf, sould, blues (and more) act . Next week I’ll be at Pace University’s Schaeberle Theater on percussion for Ryan Scot Oliver (RSO) and B.T. Ryback’s world premiere six-night reading of the new musical Darling. I first worked with RSO on a recording for his show Alive At Ten. Read more about Darling on BroadwayWorld.com.
(below is an excerpt form RSO’s website)
Pace University in New York City has selected the brand new, RSO-scored Darling to receive a fully produced reading in January 2009.
Darling features a book by award-winning playwright B. T. Ryback (winner of the 2007 Tennessee Williams One-Act Festival) and music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. The musical follows upper crust teenager Ursula Morgan in 1929 Boston as society boils in the weeks before the Crash. Neglected by her excessive, self-absorbed parents, Ursula encounters Peter, a charming rent-boy of uncertain age, on the run from the Captain of Police who pursues him for a crime he may or may not have committed. When Ursula is offered the chance to run away with Peter she takes it, and finds herself swept into a seedy underground of booze, boys, and jazz—and in love.
Performances will take place at the Pace University Schaeberle Theater on the 10th Floor of 41 Park Row from January 20-25. The reading will be directed by Amy Rogers, music directed by Robert Meffe, and will feature student performers. The Pace reading will be the world premiere presentation of the musical.
Surf, Soul, Blues and More
Thursday, January 15th
Rose Live
345 Grand Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn
Subway: L to Bedfor; G to Metropolitan; J/M to Marcy Avenue
(More Info on Google Maps)
8pm (open bar 6pm-7pm)
Free
Other acts on the bill: The Mixxtape (New Hope, PA) and The Howling Monkeys
Tuesday, January 20th through Sunday, January 25th (six shows)
Pace University Schaeberle Studio Theater
41 Park Row, 10th Floor, in Lower Manhattan
Subway: 2,3 to Park Pl; 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge City Hall
(More Info On Google Maps)
8pm each night
$20, $10 students; industry comps available
This Saturday afternoon, November 22nd at 5pm I will be performing with Suzanne Fiore at The Metropolitan Room.
Call for reservations at 212-206-0440. The cover is $20 with a two drink minimum.
Featuring Ray Fellman on piano, Matt Sharffglass on bass and yours truly on percussion.
The Metropolitan Room is located at 34 West 22nd Street (Google Map).
The recording from our June 16th show, Live At The Metropolitan Room, will be on sale at all of these shows and is also available now at CD Baby.
Suzanne Fiore, she is simply divine and we all knew we were lucky to witness her performances. This girl is a STAR, truly.”
- Broadway.com
This Sunday night I will be performing for Prospect Theater Company’s 10th anniversary concert. Part of the 2008 NYMF, the New York Musical Theater Festival.
Sunday, September 21st at 9PM
37 Arts
450 W. 37th Street (Between 9th & 10th Avenues)
New York, New York 10018 (Google Map)
Currently scheduled to appear are performers Stephen Bogardus, Matt Cavenaugh, Gavin Creel, Malcolm Gets, Adam Jacobs, Jose Llana, Jeff McCarthy, Liz Power, Brian Munn, David Abeles, Piper Goodeve, Jen Blood, Mark Mozingo, Dan Sharkey, Ryan Dietz, Jim Poulos, Tina Stafford, Jim Bauer, Meghan McGeary, Jaygee Macapugay, Simone Zamore, Victoria Huston-Elem, Catherine Porter and many more to come!
Featuring songs by Jim Bauer, Randy Courts & Mark St. Germain, Rick Hip-Flores, Gihieh Lee & Tim Nevits, Peter Mills, Peter Mills & Stephen Weiner, and Maryrose Wood & Andrew Gerle
Celebrate ten years of innovative new musicals from Prospect Theater Company! Join Broadway stars and Prospect members in an anniversary retrospective of songs from THE TAXI CABARET, THE FLOOD, ILLYRIA, DIDO (& AENEAS), THE ALCHEMISTS, LONELY RHYMES, THE PURSUIT OF PERSEPHONE, THE TUTOR, THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW, IRON CURTAIN, TOCK TICK, THE ROCKAE, THE BLUE FLOWER, and HONOR.
Good evening everyone. This Saturday, the Fringe NYC 2008 run of Green Eyes opens at Theater 80 in the East Village of Manhattan. I will be playing percussion (drum kit) under the musical direction of Matt Hinkley. It’s billed as a “musical” but it’s really not. Consider it an acoustic-rock show with a story line.
A contemporary love story, Green Eyes tracks the rise and fall of a relationship over time through folk-rock music and modern dance. The new musical utilizes two singers, two dancers, and a five-piece orchestra to fuse both song and dance, shedding new light on the traditional “boy meets girl” story.
Diana Glazer, in association with Steve Tate and Leopold Group, are proud to present Green Eyes as part of the 11th Annual New York International Fringe Festival and will be showing for five dates beginning August 16, 2008.
Directed by Jessica Redish** who recently created the musical staging for the Lortel Award-winning Adding Machine, green eyes has been described by North Shore Chicago Magazine as “a multi-media musical for the John Mayer generation.”
Purchase tickets, listen to past recordings and get more background of the show at the Green Eyes website.
