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 →
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 →
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! 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 →
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 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 →
When was the last time you heard a NEW 1980s rock opera? Maybe the 1980s? Well…fasten your seatbelts and come to see the second staging of Choices: A Rock Opera this weekend, November 11, 12 and 13 at New York’s Chappaqua Performing Arts Center (https://choicesarockopera.com/). The show stars MiG Ayesa who is no stranger to... Continue Reading →
Can I say “I told ya so….” During the pandemic, pessimists continually told “Un-Block The Music,” that theater was never going to come back. Of course, I said…if you believe that…you don’t know the fierce theater people I know. And here is one those people…a scrappy musical director, Chris Fenwick working on the recent Broadway... Continue Reading →
Have you seen that hilarious Progressive Insurance television commercial trying to prevent us from becoming our parents? Well, I am going to use a term that my mom used to always use, “Variety is the spice of life!” That is technically the theme of “Un-Block The Music.” As a new wave, punk rock girl of... Continue Reading →
If you truly want to understand people and improve our world, take a look at what theater artists are putting out there, particularly since the pandemic. Case in point, two projects with Rona Siddiqui’s name attached. Tony-winning A Strange Loop and Salaam Medina, Tales of A Halfghan. If you can’t decipher the meaning of these... Continue Reading →
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