Happy New Year everyone! “Un-Block The Music” was absent for the second half of 2023 because I am working on the never ending project that is my book about Women In Theater. What is difficult about “giving birth” to this book is that I have found so many interesting people and interesting topics to write... Continue Reading →
Deck The Halls With Holly Block And Support Youth Mental Health Project At NYC Cabaret
Have plans for December 16th? Now, you do! Come see Deck The Halls With Holly at Don’t Tell Mama NYC. Holly Block returns to this space for a fun-filled night of holiday and musical theater songs two years after her last successful show here. It’s no wonder a woman named Holly would love Christmas, but, she says,... Continue Reading →
Sick Of ZOOM Meetings, Welcome To The New York SongSpace
When people hear that before I started “Un-Block The Music” I had a writing career spanning 25+ years, they are impressed…so glamorous! Not so! Very solitary. You can bet, anytime I can go to an event or meet up with other writers, I do it! That’s one reason why I knew I had to write... Continue Reading →
Playwright Doug Wright Talks Goodnight Oscar, Sean Hayes & Tony Awards
As a writer, “Un-Block The Music,” of course supports the Writer’s Guild of America strike, but I am glad the Union agreed to a deal that will allow The Tony Awards to take place this weekend. Obviously, nothing can be produced if you don’t have someone to write it! I am hoping the Tony Awards... Continue Reading →
Women Wonders: 22-Year- Old Anna Miriam Brown Debuts “His Story: The Musical” Tonight In Texas
Featured photo by Jeremy Daniel His Story: The Musical officially opens tonight at the Broadway Tent at Grandscape, The Colony, TX. Why is “Un-Block The Music” thrilled about this opening? The show’s book, music and lyrics were written by the 22-year-old “Woman Wonder” Anna Miriam Brown. This new contemporary pop musical is based on the... Continue Reading →
Michael R. Jackson’s Hilarious White Girl In Danger Is More Than It Seems, Limited Run Off-Broadway
If you like fast paced soap opera comedy and music with meaning beyond the surface then What Girl In Danger is the show for you. “Un-Block the Music” saw the show, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael J. Jackson and suffice to say I was breathless. Aside from wanting very much to see Michael’s follow-up... Continue Reading →
TILT Theater Company Shatters Stereotypes & Offers Work With Diverse Flavor
Do you always eat vanilla ice cream and try nothing else? Why would you miss out on all of those other flavors? “Un-Block the Music” asks the same question about art…if you open your eyes to more than the television news channels, you will find that diversity comes in many shapes, sizes and colors and... Continue Reading →
Happy International Women’s Day!
Happy International Women’s Day! Each and every day I am inspired by women in all walks of life. But, on this day, I would like to shout out to the women who gave me a chance to flaunt my talents and allowed me to grow in the career I dreamed about since I was in... Continue Reading →
Eric William Morris Spreads His Creative Wings With A New Album & New Musical
Happy New Year from “Un-Block The Music”! My good wishes are a month later than they should be, but after escaping sickness for the last three years, I got a stomach virus with the added bonus a couple of weeks later of CO-VID…Happy Holidays to me! Anyway…if you wondered what happened to the rest of... Continue Reading →
Christmas In NY Concert Brings The Magic For “Arts Ignite” to Joe’s Pub
Christmas in New York is like nothing else! And finally…after almost three years in a pandemic, it feels like the magic is back. That magic is in large part due to the Broadway community and its amazing artists. If you read this blog regularly, you will know that one of “Un-Block the Music’s” favorite performers... Continue Reading →