Performing some surf and some Broadway. Variety is the spice of life.
Happy new year to everyone. The rest of this month became booked rather quickly with performance work. I’ll be performing two different styles of shows for the ever discerning pallet. Tomorrow night I’ll be in Williamsburg at Rose Live with Willie and The Wolves, a surf, sould, blues (and more) act . Next week I’ll be at Pace University’s Schaeberle Theater on percussion for Ryan Scot Oliver (RSO) and B.T. Ryback’s world premiere six-night reading of the new musical Darling. I first worked with RSO on a recording for his show Alive At Ten. Read more about Darling on BroadwayWorld.com.
Pace University in New York City has selected the brand new, RSO-scored Darling to receive a fully produced reading in January 2009.
Darling features a book by award-winning playwright B. T. Ryback (winner of the 2007 Tennessee Williams One-Act Festival) and music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. The musical follows upper crust teenager Ursula Morgan in 1929 Boston as society boils in the weeks before the Crash. Neglected by her excessive, self-absorbed parents, Ursula encounters Peter, a charming rent-boy of uncertain age, on the run from the Captain of Police who pursues him for a crime he may or may not have committed. When Ursula is offered the chance to run away with Peter she takes it, and finds herself swept into a seedy underground of booze, boys, and jazz—and in love.
Performances will take place at the Pace University Schaeberle Theater on the 10th Floor of 41 Park Row from January 20-25. The reading will be directed by Amy Rogers, music directed by Robert Meffe, and will feature student performers. The Pace reading will be the world premiere presentation of the musical.
Performing drums with Willie & The Wolves featuring Lady V
Surf, Soul, Blues and More Thursday, January 15th Rose Live 345 Grand Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn Subway: L to Bedfor; G to Metropolitan; J/M to Marcy Avenue (More Info on Google Maps) 8pm (open bar 6pm-7pm) Free Other acts on the bill: The Mixxtape (New Hope, PA) and The Howling Monkeys
Performing percussion for the reading of the new musical Darling
Tuesday, January 20th through Sunday, January 25th (six shows) Pace University Schaeberle Studio Theater 41 Park Row, 10th Floor, in Lower Manhattan Subway: 2,3 to Park Pl; 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge City Hall (More Info On Google Maps) 8pm each night $20, $10 students; industry comps available
