Beyond Top 40
I cannot tell a lie. Un-Block The Music, knows a little about Davy Crockett from history books in school. Being a New Yorker, I don’t think we concentrated on him all that much. A lot of my knowledge came from my husband who is a big fan of Fess Parker who played Davy in a... Continue Reading →
Frank Sinatra once sang… “Love’s More Wonderful The Second Time Around.” That’s true for theater too. The original premiere of Chicago on Broadway in 1975 ran for a year and a half…certainly a respectable run for the John Kander, Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse musical. However, the revival, which opening in 1996 is still running... Continue Reading →
Photo: Rob Bowman, Myself and my daughter Hollly 8“Un-Block The Music” has had a stand-out year! While I have been a music journalist for many years, this blog has taken on a character I hadn’t thought it would. I was always interested in talking to the geniuses behind the scenes such as pop/rock songwriters and... Continue Reading →
The story of Ebenezer Scrooge has been told in so many ways, who could imagine a new one? Anthony Caporale and Nicole DiMattei of The Imbible (#ThirstyTheater) found a way. Christmas Carol Cocktails opened at the Producer’s Club Theaters in NYC on November 22, and “Un-Block The Music” was at this season’s first performance. The... Continue Reading →
If you go to the theater on a regular basis as “Un-Block The Music” does, chances are you have seen Farah Alvin. In the last year, I saw her in two productions, and now I am excited to see her cabaret performance this weekend, November 17 at The Green Room 42 in New York City:... Continue Reading →
Do you feel like work is the main priority in your life? Do you continually cancel plans with your friends? Why should something fun, like meeting your friends, for brunch seem like just an added calendar commitment? “Un-Block The Music,” pondered these questions, examined my own life and scenarios, all while having an Irish Coffee... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Richard Termine How can you have more fun in a theater than you can watching and participating in a Halloween show created by Marty Robinson with music created by Paul Rudolph, both of Sesame Street Fame? Well…you can’t. After writing Part 1about the Off-Broadway show All Hallow’s Eve, “Un-Block The Music” promised to... Continue Reading →
Photo by Catherine Carney So….”Un-Block The Music” uses “Waze” as the GPS of choice. Cookie Monster is my preferred voice. I listen to the Sesame Street Christmas album every year. It’s safe to say, that Sesame Street has added a positive spin to my life. So…I received an invitation to write about the upcoming Off-Broadway... Continue Reading →
Photo by: Jeremy Daniel What has been and continues to be exciting about writing a blog is watching it develop. “Un-Block The Music’s” original vision has taken a very different shape. With my background in pro-audio, I thought most of my stories would be a bit more technical. However, instead of writing about equipment,... Continue Reading →
