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 →
All Hallow’s Eve,” More Of The Interview With Sesame St’s Paul Rudolph (Show Sold Out, But “Un-Block The Music” Can Get You In)
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 →
Sesame Street’s Paul Rudolph Offers A Glimpse Of Upcoming Horror Musical All Hallows Eve (Part 1)
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 →
“Always remember…Feel the Pulse!”…Emergency The Musical On Stage
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 →
Come From Away’s Drummer, Larry Lelli, Offers A Glimpse Of His Career & What Makes This 9-11 Musical So Special
“Un-Block The Music” meant to run this story the week of September 11th, but unforeseen circumstances slowed down my writing. However, I had the great pleasure of seeing Come From Away on September 11th on Broadway. Eighteen years after this tragic day, emotions are still raw, but seeing this show was such a positive experience,... Continue Reading →
Will Van Dyke + Chris Dwan=Stereo Dawn & New Pop Music
Perhaps what I love best about writing “Un-Block The Music,” is meeting people! Not just any people, but amazingly talented people. Musical Director/Orchestrator, Will Van Dyke (Pretty Woman, Kinky Boots) is one of those talented people, and what I love about actually speaking to people instead of emailing and texting them is…I find all of... Continue Reading →
What Do Sara Bareilles & Alanis Morrisette Musicals Have In Common?: NEAL AVRON
Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill! How many of you can remember what that album meant to a generation? You can relive that again this fall on Broadway! Or you can discover it for the first time. “Un-Block The Music” has already interviewed Neal Avron, the soundtrack producer about this. In 1995, Jagged Little Pill topped the... Continue Reading →
With 21st Relevance & Authentic Song, The New Musical “Ramona” Explores Rich California Culture
“Un-Block The Music” certainly has a fascination with up and coming musicals, and reporting on Ramona is my next pleasure. This show is premiering August 24 and 25. And, in the midst of it all, Kayla Friend, who wrote the book and the lyrics, took a few minutes to talk to me about how she... Continue Reading →
Bounty Hunter’s Up & Coming Musical Director, Geoffrey Ko, Part Of The Iconis Family
How lucky for “Un-Block The Music,” to interview one of the newer members to the Joe Iconis Family of artists, that is Geoffrey Ko, the musical director for off-Broadway’s Bounty Hunter. After having made its world premiere in 2017 at Barrington Stage Company, the show, Bounty Hunter, hit Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater in... Continue Reading →
#Thirsty Theater: Off-Broadway’s “Imbible,” A Funny, Musical Way To Experience Alcohol Thru History!
As a writer, a journalist and a mother, my motto is….don’t wait for the interview. Don’t wait for people to choose you. Make it happen! Anthony Caporale, producer and writer of the off-Broadway hit series, “The Imbible, A Spirited History of Drinking” has done just that. “Un-Block The Music” had the pleasure of seeing “A... Continue Reading →