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 →
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 →
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 →
Women Wonders: Rona Siddiqui, “Strange Loop” To 54 Below; Most People Are Outside The Box
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 →
Women Wonders: Steph Singer’s “Simon And His Shoes” Offers Optimism
Steph Singer, co-writer of Simon And His Shoes, and “Un-Block The Music”connected on an artistic level, but perhaps even more importantly on a “life” level during our interview. Experiencing and achieving a joyful life is on top of my bucket list goals. Not that I didn’t always want “joy” in my life, but it is... Continue Reading →
Women Wonders: Lucier & Rose Show Off Xena’s “Many Skills” In “The Lost Scroll” Sept 21
What I love so much about “Un-Blocking” the music is that I have found innovative projects I may have been deprived of if I was still only a part of the general media. Case in point; Xena: Warrior Musical, The Lost Scroll premiering at 3 Dollar Bill in Brooklyn September 21. If you were a... Continue Reading →
Women Wonders: Andrea Grody Brings 19th Amendment Quest To Life Thru “SUFFS”
Next week, “Un-Block The Music” is seeing SUFFS, the musical written by Shaina Taub. And, as if that is not exciting enough, I have already had the pleasure of interviewing music director and supervisor Andrea Grody. A young woman in a sea of men behind the scenes, SUFFs is by no means Andrea’s first trip... Continue Reading →