September 23, 2005
Monday's
Johnny Rodgers concert was one of the most musically
satisfying we've presented at Birdland!
The throngs showed up to celebrate Johnny, his band and their brand new
CD, “Box Of Photographs.” We were happy to
spy Brent Barrett in the crowd, who just got back from
Seattle where he was starring in the Broadway-bound production of David
Zippel's Princesses. Yeah…he's a Johnny fan, too!
The following Cast Party was funny and fun as usual,
with a surprise appearance by composer Jeff Blumenkrantz
(above), who was doing a little celebrating of his own! His songbook
was just released, and is available where all really good music is sold!
You
won't want to miss the ultra-amazing Capathia Jenkins
and Louis Rosen (right) in concert this coming
Monday at 7pm. They're coming to Birdland
to perform jazz and the blues, and to reprise 12 Songs on
Poems by Maya Angelou, which enjoyed sold-out performances
when it premiered this past March. The concert will also include songs
from Dream Suite, set to the words of Langston
Hughes; and new songs from Mr. Rosen's cycle-in-progress, South
Side Stories. You probably know Capathia from her Broadway
and Los Angeles performance as The Washing Machine in
Caroline Or Change, or maybe The
Civil War, The Look Of Love or
Godspell. Composer/lyricist Louis Rosen
is a recipient of a 2005-2006 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
in Music Composition. This will be an extremely special show which will
sell out for sure, so call Birdland NOW to reserve seats! (212.581.3080)
Of course, Cast Party will follow, with Tedd Firth and
Steve Doyle making up our Symphony Orchestra!
And another thing…! The Songbook Project, Phil
Geoffrey Bond and I are pleased to bring you Trunk
Songs, featuring three treasures of the American Musical
Theatre: the afore-mentioned Jeff Blumenkrantz (Urban
Cowboy), Craig Carnelia (Sweet
Smell of Success) and Andrew Lippa (The
Wild Party). During this one-night-only special concert,
each composer will present some lesser-known works along with some of
their best-loved compositions. The concert will be held on Saturday,
September 24 at 8pm at The Duplex
Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street), and is part of the New
York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF).
For tickets ($25 plus 2 drink minimum), please contact Smarttix:
212.868.4444, or visit www.smarttix.com.
It's raining men at Cast Party - The Radio Show!
This week, Jim chats it up with Avenue Q superstar
John Tartaglia (right), who is currently knocking
'em dead at the brand new Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas!
Find out if Sin City is flipping over Q, if
John is performing topless and if Celine has caught
the show! Then, Altar Boyz' Ryan Duncan
will discuss his upcoming return to the show and his recent visit to
The A-Train Plays! You'll also hear cuts
from new recordings by John Pizzarelli, Jeff
Harnar, Brian Lane Green and Philip
Chaffin! Catch the Cast Party dudes on www.BroadwayWorld.com,
where the show is available in both streaming and downloadable form.
New episodes can also be automatically downloaded via Apple's
iTunes Service. You can now subscribe to the Cast Party podcast
by searching for the show on iTunes.
You'll be glad you did. We're pretty sure.
Tune into BroadwayWorld.com
radio on Tuesday and Friday nights
at 8pm. Or, you can make life even easier by clicking
on the site for an "on demand" experience
you'll love! In the words of Liza Minnelli, "Cast
Party IS New York!"
Cast Party Radio Show is produced by Brian
Wilson at SoHa
Media.
"The Party simply
glows with New York nightlife ambiance. It feels like a throwback to another
era but it has this era's top-notch entertainers dropping in to schmooze,
sing, eat, and drink. Caruso consistently provides a
flow of exciting singers, and he's definitely hip, cool and classy all
by himself."
-THEATERMANIA
When:
Every
Monday at
BIRDLAND
315 West
44th Street (between 8th & 9th)
212.581.3080
Woo hoo!
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