Episode #11: Judy Kuhn can do (and has done) it all! She’s a legit soprano (Cosette in Les Miserables), she’s a classic musical theatre leading lady (She Loves Me), she’s a dramatic belter (Chess), she’s a dramatic actress (Two Shakespearean Actors), she’s a pop singer (Eli’s Comin’), she’s a voiceover …
Episode #10: Until this year, Julia Murney was the biggest Broadway musical theatre star to have never actually appeared on Broadway. As we all know, that distinction was dashed with her performance in this season’s Lennon, and it was about time! New York audiences know her from her fantastic performances …
Several theatre favorites will take part in The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Concert Feb. 13 at Birdland. The 7 PM evening at the famed jazz club will feature tunes from Blumenkrantz’s newly published songbook. Source: Victoria Clark, Rebecca Luker and Judy Blazer Perform Blumenkrantz Songs Feb. 13 | Playbill
Episode #9: Celia Keenan-Bolger is Broadway’s newest “it” girl, and if you’ve seen her perform, you know why. Yes, she has a great voice, but she also brings enormous charm, intelligence, and creativity to everything she does (including party games!). A Tony-nominee for her beautiful performance as Olive in The …
Episode #8: Singing with Liz Callaway is literally a dream-come-true for me. Ever since I first heard her spectacular voice on the Baby cast recording, I have marveled at the purity and musicality of her voice. What a privilege to have her on this podcast today, singing my duet setting …
Several Broadway favorites, including 2005 Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, can be heard singing the tunes of Jeff Blumenkrantz on the actor-composer’s official website. Source: Victoria Clark, Rebecca Luker and More Sing Songs of Jeff Blumenkrantz On-Line | Playbill
Episode #7: So you’ve been wondering why that explicit rating has been hovering over this podcast? Finally! Here it is: one of two songs in the book with dirty words in it! Parents (and prudes), be warned. Remember last week’s episode with Judy Blazer as the Jewish mother whose son …
Episode #6: How did I get so lucky to have such talented friends?? This week, it’s the remarkable Judy Blazer, who stopped by after a day of rehearsing for Michael John LaChiusa’s latest, Bernarda Alba, coming soon to the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. Judy lends her comic genius …
Episode #5: Look who came over this week! Victoria Clark, “the most talented person in the world,” and this year’s Tony winner for her spectacular performance in my favorite new show, The Light in the Piazza, dropped by to sing “I Won’t Mind,” lyrics by Annie Kessler and Libby Saines, …
A new paperback tome featuring the songs of actor-composer Jeff Blumenkrantz is currently available. Source: Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook — with Urban Cowboy Tunes — Now Available | Playbill
