Beyond Top 40
Photo by Susan Stava Nothing excites “Un-Block The Music” more than when my pop music past collides with my new found love of theater. And…that exciting mash up happened recently when I met Dean Sharenow, the music coordinator for Girl From North Country. If you don’t know…it is the play by Conor McPherson with music... Continue Reading →
Female empowerment at its best! Broadway at its best! New York City at its best! “Un-Block The Music” saw Six last night. I don’t do reviews, but I can’t help saying that this show is exactly what we all need. The “Six” wives of Henry VIII tell their side of the story in a rock... Continue Reading →
Were you sipping champagne Sunday night watching the 74th Tony Awards and its subsequent special Broadway’s Back? After I figured out what the heck was happening with the Broadcast (only the second part was on CBS), “Un-Block The Music” was screaming with delight! And…when I watched Lin Manuel Miranda rap along with the cast of... Continue Reading →
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 →
“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 →
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 →
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 →
“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 →
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 →
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 →
