Women Wonders: Kate Baldwin & Julianne Merrill Chat About Maestra, The Pandemic, Re-Opening Broadway & “An Enlightened New Normal”

Damn! If you are having a gloomy week with all of this crazy weather throughout the U.S. Or, are you just ready to finally get out in the world and celebrate, here’s a song to pump you up!!!“Amplify,” written by Lynne Shankel and featuring Shoshanna Bean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMBm7jKVHM&ab_channel=MaestraMusic Wow!!! “Un-Block The Music” has been dragging along... Continue Reading →

June 23, 2021 1

Women Wonders: Jennifer Ashely Tepper Reinforces The Thrill Of Broadway With Her Books, Producing & Creative Programming At 54 Below

While I wasn’t there is person, “Un-Block The Music” was at 54 Below in spirit last night when the doors to the famed New York City club opened for the first time since pandemic shutdown in March 2020. Although theaters and live performance openings have been announced in the last month, New York reached a... Continue Reading →

June 18, 2021 0

Women Wonders: Composer Laura Galindo Takes Theater & Pop By Storm

I sat down at my desk today, to write a “Women Wonders” story for “Un-Block The Music”. I decided to focus on Laura Galindo, one of the songwriters involved with The Tank’s Capricorn 29 streaming on Cybertank through June 16. The press person for the show reached out to me a couple of weeks back... Continue Reading →

June 4, 2021 0

“Un-Block The Music” Ushers In Summer!

If you follow “Un-Block The Music,” you might have noticed that I haven’t been around much. In between a quick shore vacation and a lot of computer problems, I also have been working on a book proposal. I have two potential publishers, but I have had to do a lot of work to organize it.... Continue Reading →

May 30, 2021 0

Women Wonders: Composer Zina Goldrich “Sings Her Own Songs” With Partner Marcy Heisler

Do you want to be a theater actor? Are you a triple threat? Or a quadruple threat? “Un-Block The Music” has written more than once about the torture of auditions. Composer Zina Goldrich’s audition stories are not much better. Zina is perhaps best known for her work with lyricist Marcy Heisler. However, her work is... Continue Reading →

May 3, 2021 2

Women Wonders: “Bring It On’s” Amanda Green Becomes First Woman President Of The Dramatists Guild

“Un-Block The Music” wants to shout out Congratulations to lyricist-composer Amanda Green for being elected the first woman president of The Dramatists Guild, the national, professional membership trade association of theatre writers, including playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists. If you don’t recognize Amanda’s name, you don’t know what you are missing! “Un-Block The Music” profiled... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2021 0

Women Wonders: “Tina’s” Leandra Ellis-Gaston Says Producing Will Ensure Black Artists’ Voice In Broadway’s Future

If I have written this before, forgive me for repeating myself, but it is something I believe so strongly. If you always want to be working, create your own work! “Un-Block The Music” had the pleasure of speaking with Leandra Ellis-Gaston who is the Swing/Dance captain for Tina: The Tina Tuner Musical on Broadway. But,... Continue Reading →

April 1, 2021 0

Women Wonders: Know Her From TV? Gabrielle Ruiz Talks About Dance Roots, Upcoming Bite-Sized Broadway & What It Means To Be Latina In Theater

While it seems that live theater is making rumbles with New York Mayor DeBlasio saying Fall could be a real re-opening date, Bite Sized Broadway forges ahead with original mini musicals. “Un-Block The Music” has been patiently awaiting the April 5th premiere of MTA which stars today’s “Woman Wonders” subject the multi-talented Gabrielle Ruiz. While... Continue Reading →

March 29, 2021 0

Women Wonders: “Ragtime,” “Seussical” “Nasrin”, Lynn Ahrens Forged Ahead In Theater & Film Never Looking Back

(Photo: Nathan Johnson) I don’t know where to begin. “Un-Block The Music” spoke to Emmy and Tony winning writer and lyricist Lynn Ahrens. She is half the famed songwriting team of Flaherty and Ahrens who wrote the song , “How Can I Tell You,” for the documentary Nasrin (about Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human... Continue Reading →

March 17, 2021 2

Women Wonders: Twenty-Somethings Holly Block & Elizabeth Jerjian Unapologetically Premiere Their Musical “Safe & Sound” At Front Row Fringe

The inaugural Front Line Fringe Festival opens this weekend with 17 shows! Safe and Sound The Musical will premiere on Saturday night, March 13 at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central time. Tickets are on sale at https://www.safeandsoundmusical.com/. We often speak of kismet in relation to the perfect destiny of lovers coming together. There was even... Continue Reading →

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