Monthly Archives: April 2011
GETTIN’ READY FOR HENRY STREET
4/25/11Production meetings, band rehearsals, sound checks, publicity shots, camera runthroughs; I just hit the ground in New York and I’m already running. Thursday night, I begin a three-night stand at the gorgeous Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, with the incredible Anika Noni Rose as my guest! April 28, 29 & 30 (Thursday through Saturday) at 8 pm. Add in my ENORMOUS eight-piece Caucasian Brass Band and you might think it couldn’t get better. But you’re wrong! Because the whole show only costs $35 a ticket. That is correct, one-quarter of the price ofRead More »
JRB Comes to Henry Street w. Anika Noni Rose next week!
4/20/11Suh-pring is here, my fine followers! And listen up, people of the Northeast! I am getting very excited for my forthcoming visit! One week from today, I begin a three-night stand at the gorgeous Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, with the incredible Anika Noni Rose as my guest! April 28, 29 & 30 (Thursday through Saturday) at 8 pm. Add in my ENORMOUS eight-piece Caucasian Brass Band and you might think it couldn’t get better. But you’re wrong! Because the whole show only costs $35 a ticket. That is correct, one-quarter of theRead More »
SET LIST AND REPORT, 4/11/11: JRB & GCS IN NYC
4/14/11CAP21 (which was once an acronym for “Collaborative Arts Project” but now stands intriguingly undefined) has used their Spring Gala as an opportunity to celebrate great musical theater writers – in past years, Charles Strouse and Maltby & Shire have been feted. This year, it was our turn: On a lovely spring night, my wife Georgia Stitt and I were honored with a beautiful concert on the stage of the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Eight ridiculously talented soloists, a nine-piece string orchestra, and a forty-voice choir all helped bring Georgia’s and my music to life. MatthewRead More »