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Evil is a Yellow Face in NYC

Marcus Choi and Evil is a Yellow Face Jon Jon Briones and Marcus Choi If there's one thing Broadway performers like doing more than singing in a Broadway musical, it's singing the night away with other Broadway performers on a Monday night. Stroll over to Joe's Pub any Monday night and there's probably some sort of benefit going on with Broadway performers. In fact, my friend Sharone Tannenbaum just produced Artists for World Peace on Broadway at Joe's Pub. Now [...]

Evil is a Yellow Face in NYCMark2017-02-11T05:49:12+00:00

The Last Ship Opening

The Last Ship Opening This week my buddy Sting opened his show The Last Ship on Broadway. Besides many differences between the two of us -- okay, too many to list -- here's one of the big differences between Sting and me when it comes to opening a commercial show in NYC. Here's a picture of Sting at the opening of The Last Ship. Here's a picture of me at the opening of Around the World in 80 Days. Can [...]

The Last Ship OpeningMark2017-02-11T05:49:20+00:00

Facebook Friday Sept 12, 2014

It's another Facebook Friday. Today it's the Classic Edition. Who's on First My friend Sheffield posted this classic video of Abbot and Costello's Who's on First Routine. When I was a kid I held a tape recorder up to the TV to record it. I listened to that recording over and over again until the tape wore out. This routine is complete genius. [embedplusvideo height="360" width="640" editlink="http://bit.ly/WUoIUz" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTcRRaXV-fg?fs=1" vars="ytid=kTcRRaXV-fg&width=640&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=" id="ep5634" /] Elephant Man My friend Larry Hirschhorn, producer extraordinaire, is producing [...]

Facebook Friday Sept 12, 2014Mark2020-02-27T06:11:28+00:00

Annie Trailer

When I first heard Will Smith was producing an update version of Annie I moaned and smacked my head. That was back when it was going to be a vanity project for his daughter and the Will Smith family was everywhere. Every. Where. Now I like Will Smith as much as the next guy but I was on Will Smith family overload. I was wondering how he was going to fit Whip My Hair into the script. But [...]

Annie TrailerMark2017-02-11T05:49:25+00:00

Carolina Philharmonic With Janine LaManna

Carolina Philharmonic Pinehurst Pops: A Night on Broadway with Janine LaManna Hey North Carolinians, on Saturday, February 1, the Carolina Philharmonic presents Pinehurst Pops: A Night on Broadway with Janine LaManna. If you're in the greater Fayetteville, NC you should run to this event. Why? Because Janine LaManna will knock your socks off. Even if you're not wearing socks, the next time you put some socks on they'll immediately be blown off. Here's what Maestro David Wolff, principal conductor of the Carolina Philharmonic, [...]

Carolina Philharmonic With Janine LaMannaMark2023-04-05T00:18:54+00:00