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 0

Looking For A Social Media Expert For “Un-Block The Music” To Help Grow The Audience For Amazing Stories To Come

“Un-Block The Music” has been using the quarantine to improve my site, and I am hoping to find a social media enthusiast to hire for about three hours a week to start. If this could be you, email me at dgalanteblock@gmail.com. I have interviewed a lot of fantastic artists from musicians to behind the scene... Continue Reading →

June 9, 2020 0

“Emergency’s” Music Director Talks Of Linking Music & Movement: Encore Broadcast April 25

Picture by Jeremy Daniel As From Bullets To Broadway, Anatomy of A Broadway Show, featuring Emergency The Musical” digs deeper into the process of getting a musical to the stage, “Un-Block The Music” had the opportunity to speak with Melissa Stainbrook who will be Emergency’s musical director in New York. I had the... Continue Reading →

April 20, 2020 0

Kenny Rogers Was One Of “The Greatest Gift(s) Of All”

Just in case you haven’t realized by now, “Un-Block The Music” is written by a New Yorker. As the Coronavirus spreads and our governor has told all businesses to close and workers to stay home, I decided I should write up all of the interviews I have been lucky enough to have had in the... Continue Reading →

March 23, 2020 0

Ian Eisendrath Helps Bring True Stories To The Stage With “Come From Away” & “Diana”

“Un-Block The Music” continues to have the amazing experience of talking to those behind the scenes; artists that pull a musical together. I continue to find the road to New York’s stage is, by no means, a predictable one, but certainly a gripping one. Today’s new musicals are not the musicals your grandmother loved, but... Continue Reading →

March 10, 2020 0

Musical Director, Rob Bowman, Keeps “Chicago” On Broadway Fresh With Prowess & Enthusiasm

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 →

January 8, 2020 0

Get Your 1970s Groove On & See “Farah Alvin On Vinyl” Sunday At The Green Room 42

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 →

November 15, 2019 0

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Is A Studio On Wheels That Honors John’s Work To “Give Peace A Chance”–Part 1

“If you want peace, you won’t get it with violence.” That’s direct quote from John Lennon. What does that have to do with Un-Block The Music? Everything. Music has been and will always be a snapshot of society and a catalyst towards change. John Lennon spent a good part of his life writing about and... Continue Reading →

November 15, 2019 2

A Cappella, Barber Shop, Chorus, Tango…Josh Ehrlich Talks About Creating Music For “Imbible,” Day Drinking

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 →

November 11, 2019 1

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 →

October 30, 2019 1

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