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WHY WE MADE “COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE”

Written on December 18, 2020 at 4:24 pm, by

The night that New York City went into lockdown, March 16, was to have been the 58th concert in my monthly residency at SubCulture, a series that has given me so much joy and fostered so much creativity and collaboration over the past five years that I can scarcely imagine my artistic life without it.Read More »

NEW ALBUM “COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE” RELEASED 12/18!

Written on December 14, 2020 at 3:13 pm, by

I am overjoyed to announce the release of COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE, the remixed and remastered soundtrack of our Virtual SubCulture concert from this past April, featuring Shoshana Bean and Ariana Grande! You can pre-save the album today in advance of the digital release this Friday, December 18 – I can’t wait for youRead More »

IN MEMORY OF BRENT CARVER

Written on August 6, 2020 at 11:40 pm, by

I only ever saw Brent Carver play two roles, both of them men unjustly imprisoned. His Molina in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” was flamboyant, relentless, emotions splaying like a pinwheel. I was working as a rehearsal pianist on that show, so I saw it probably thirty or forty times. Every time I saw it,Read More »

IN PERFORMANCE: FROM THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL

Written on June 28, 2020 at 4:48 pm, by

Ordinarily, the International Thespian Festival is a gathering of thousands of theater teens converging on a college campus in the Midwest to geek out about plays and musicals and connect with the rest of the theatrical community in a crazy immersive week of workshops, performances, classes, exhibitions and the occasional unsanctioned midnight Hedwig sing-along. SuchRead More »

RESIDENCY CONCERT #58: GRANDE, BEAN & SOCIAL DISTANCE

Written on May 1, 2020 at 4:06 am, by

First we canceled the March show. We had planned a really beautiful show with Ashley Perez Flanagan, Zonya Love Johnson and Marcus Paul James for March 16, but then the social distancing order came down and all the performing spaces had to close. And we knew that, for the foreseeable future, that was the endRead More »