Some days I can get through what I have to do without spiraling into despondency over this awful president and what he’s doing to our country, to our standing in the world, to our belief in ourselves; some days it’s a lot harder. Monday was a rough one, and I’m very grateful that I hadRead More »

The Third Annual Post-Tony Extravaganza lived up to its name in gloriously extravagant style. Fresh from starring in Amélie on Broadway, the supernova Phillipa Soo came to join us, bringing her crystal-clear voice to a dazzling variety of songs, including (for delicious fun) a song made famous by her fiancé when he starred in TheRead More »

Some nights we get to make music, some nights we get to make magic. My wonderful friend/greatest singer in the known universe Shoshana Bean came back to the SubCulture Residency for her third time, and lo and behold, miracles happened. I love “Being A Geek” but I rarely perform it because it’s exhausting on myRead More »

I have spent this week at John Kilgore’s studio in midtown, with my treasured collaborator Jeffrey Lesser, recording the band tracks for what will be (eventually!) my second solo album. It is the longest sustained period of music-making I’ve had in quite some time, and it was challenging and terrifying and always glorious and wonderfulRead More »

Betsy has told me often that when she was a child, growing up in the wilds of California, she happened to watch the broadcast of the 1999 Tony Awards and became mesmerized by this performance: So often did she watch her videotape of Brent and Carolee that it became ingrained in every fiber of herRead More »