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 →
Women Wonders: Nadia DiGiallonardo PART 2: How “Waitress” Changed Musical Orchestration
Last week, “Un-Block The Music” had the good fortune to see “Waitress” on Broadway with music supervisor and arranger Nadia DiGiallonardo at the helm on the piano right on the stage The show’s current stars are Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan. So fabulous! (That cover shot is Nadia, me and my two daughters backstage.) As... Continue Reading →
Women Wonders: Musical Arranger, Nadia DiGiallonardo Talks Career, Sara Bareilles & How “Waitress” Changed Theater
Nadia DiGiallonardo broke into musical theater through the theater building’s back door. “Un-Block The Music” is trying hard to create a pun here because Nadia, the musical supervisor and arranger for Waitress, was an urban planner creating housing (obviously with doors) before she left that career to follow her musical “hobby”. Anyway, my cleverness (or... Continue Reading →