Monthly Archives: November 2016
RESIDENCY SET LIST 11/14: EDEN ESPINOSA, MIRANDA MULHOLLAND, PATRICE E TURNER & HOPE
11/23/16I woke up on November 9 as though into some dystopian thriller. I stared at the headline in the New York Times and felt woozy, like my drink had been spiked. There was a way that Election Night was supposed to go, and then there was the nightmare that ensued. Like many other New Yorkers, I was virtually catatonic, mute with rage and confusion and deep sadness. While I pondered my breakfast with total disinterest, I remembered that I had agreed to be Kristin Chenoweth’s guest that night at her Broadway concert, A Love Letter To Broadway. Nothing seemed moreRead More »
HOPE
11/9/16HOPE Music and lyric by Jason Robert Brown Sheet music available on SheetMusicDirect.com. I come to sing a song about hope. I’m not inspired much right now, but even so, I came out here to sing a song. So here I go. I guess I think That if I tinker long enough, one might appear. And look! It’s here. One verse is done. The work’s begun. I come to sing a song about hope. In spite of everything ridiculous and sad, Though I’m beyond belief depressed, confused and mad, Well – I got dressed. I underestimated how much that wouldRead More »
ON ELECTION NIGHT, 2016
11/8/16Because everything else notwithstanding, this is the reason I must vote for the Democratic party. I will remember their names and I will sing them to a safer place. I’m sorry if I mispronounced anything. Twenty-Six Names Charlotte Bacon, 6 Daniel Barden, 7 Olivia Engel, 6 Josephine Gay, 7 Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6 Dylan Hockley, 6 Madeleine F. Hsu, 6 Catherine V. Hubbard, 6 Chase Kowalski, 7 Jesse Lewis, 6 James Mattioli, 6 Grace McDonnell, 7 Emilie Parker, 6 Jack Pinto, 6 Noah Pozner, 6 Caroline Previdi, 6 Jessica Rekos, 6 Avielle Richman, 6 Benjamin Wheeler, 6 Allison N. Wyatt,Read More »