The Song of Bernadette Jones by Maura Campbell makes its New York premiere on the 2018 Fresh Fruit Festival MainStage for its 16th Season at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, on 7/10 @ 6 pm, 7/14 @ 4:30 pm, 7/15 @ 5 pm. Award-winning playwright Maura Campbell’s lyrical tale of genderfluid teen Carolyn, whose…
Month: June 2018
Johnny Roggio: Renaissance Man!
See Johnny this Thursday with Beginnings as part of Broadway’s Town Hall presentation of CHICAGO MEETS MOTOWN Tell us about yourself as an artist. My name is Johnny Roggio. A Guitarist, Vocalist, Songwirter& Recording Artist. I have been doing what I do since I was a teenager & have never looked back. Played all sorts of venues around this country…
“Some of the best music ever written to this date,” says Doug Woolverton
Trumpeting Beginnings is Doug Woolverton Tell us about yourself as an artist (include other things you have done/are doing/will be doing). My name is Doug Woolverton (from Los Angeles CA) and I am the trumpet player in Beginnings. I have been performing nationally with this NYC based band for three years now and couldn’t be…
In the key of SCOTT: Thursday @ Town Hall, Chicago meets Motown (continuing interview series)
A minute with Beginnings’ Keyboardist, Scott Chasolen … but you can call him Chazz Tell us about yourself as an artist (include other things you have done/are doing/will be doing). Hey, I’m Scott Chasolen! You can call me Chazz. Diversity is the key to the kingdom for me. I’ve always been interested and inspired by…
Music to our Ears: Michael D’Antoni discusses LARRY COSTA
LARRY COSTA “TODAY’S GREAT AMERICAN CROONER” by Michael D’Antoni CROONING represents a singing style primarily identified with male performers that specifically enhance light voices. Stylistically crooning includes pitch slides and vibrato turns on accented notes grabbing short trills with the note immediately above. Also known as a “Shake” this particularly unique style of the…
#TenthPlanet: Happy If Happy When: A Family Musical
Happily Ever After? Happy If Happy When: A Family Musical Part of the 10th anniversary season of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity at the Theaters at the Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street, New York City, running Thursday 7/26 @5:30pm-7:00pm; Friday 7/27 @6:15pm-7:45pm; Saturday 7/28 @1:15pm-2:45pm This is the story of Kimerer LaMothe & Geoffrey Gee. A family of seven who moved to the…
Natasha McDuffie: Stirring words from a humble singer
THAT MOTOWN BAND: A national phenomenon for many years, brings to life – at each performance – the music of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Four Tops, and so many others. The band features a Grammy-Award nominees Johnny Gale on lead guitar and Ryan Shaw as a guest vocalist. They are…
Chris Shaljian goes MOTOWN on us!
THAT MOTOWN BAND: A national phenomenon for many years, brings to life – at each performance – the music of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Four Tops, and so many others. The band features a Grammy-Award nominees Johnny Gale on lead guitar and Ryan Shaw as a guest vocalist. They are Act II…
LAFFAHOLICS leads the GOSPEL COMEDY SHOW
Review by Michael D’Antoni Spontaneity is an admirable trait as at times it simply is just meant to be just that, pure unhibitedness. Moreover, none of us can escape the overwhelming possibility that there is a higher power that nudges us in the right direction. Saturday night was one of those “out of the blue” wondrous, nudged…
The Empress of the Torch-Song!
Review by Michael D’Antoni People have been singing ever since we discovered that we had voices. Of course, a lot about singing has changed since then. Through the centuries, as our series of musical sounds began to mature and become more sophisticated, different cultures around the world developed their own individual styles, rhythms, scales and…
Chris Milillo: To the beat of his own drum.
In 2002, a group of celebrated professional musicians – veterans of the New York music scene – came together to form Beginnings. While Beginnings was designed as a tribute to the 70s/80s classic band Chiacago, the musicians are certainly not mimics. These formidable players infuse the classic – and highly memorable tunes of Chacgo with their…
Dan Hendrix’ Trombone led the big parade!
In 2002, a group of celebrated professional musicians – veterans of the New York music scene – came together to form Beginnings. While Beginnings was designed as a tribute to the 70s/80s classic band Chiacago, the musicians are certainly not mimics. These formidable players infuse the classic – and highly memorable tunes of Chacgo with their…
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