Category Archives: Latest News

STRIKING 12′s British premiere

We just heard that STRIKING 12 will be performed in London for the first time this season! We’re thrilled, and wish we could be there to see it. If you are in the neighborhood, please do check it out at Waterloo East Theatre, December 7-January 2. The producer has requested some “Anglicizations” of the script, [...]

This is the life … no, really.

This is what I bargained for. Today, in a nutshell, is my life these days: chaotic, completely full, and yet exactly what I want/need/fear. It’s 12:20 AM and I’m just back “home” (at my in-laws’, where my wife and 2 sons are sleeping peacefully upstairs) after meeting my college buddy AJ for beers. The day [...]

Screwed-Up People Shirts @ CafePress

Due to your requests, and our dwindling physical supply of these shirts (our most popular design to date), we’ve just added a “Screwed-Up People Make Great Art” shirt collection at our CafePress store. Enjoy! There are short-sleeve, long-sleeve, scoop-neck, V-neck, maternity and plus sizes available. We’ve seen some wonderful personalized designs on these shirts (fringes, [...]

Keeping On Keeping On

We got back to Brooklyn four days ago, after nearly six weeks in California. I think I have Seasonal Affective Disorder; or at least, I’m relatively impatient and irritable. Snow, sleet, freezing temperatures, the overcrowdedness and small annoyances of New York City are not the real issues, though they all hit me like a pail [...]

Palo Alto LSS Update #2: Opening Night

Well, it’s certainly never boring around here. Our lead actor Ben seems to have mostly recovered from his throat infection, and his singing is stronger than ever…however, a stomach flu is now going around and has gone from his 4-month-old baby Bailey to his wife Julie, and then to Mose’s grandma, and now, as of [...]

Playbill.com writes about the new GrooveLily.com

We were delighted to see this on the front page of Playbill.com this morning: GrooveLily Revamps Its Website and Offers Preview of New Musical Long Story Short By Kenneth Jones 18 Aug 2008 The rock band/musical theatre trio GrooveLily — creators of the cult hit musical Striking 12 — relaunched its website Aug. 17, offering [...]

Welcome to our new site!

We’re so happy you’ve come to visit our revamped website, officially launching August 18, 2008. Some exciting features: If you’re just getting started with GrooveLily, the New? Start Here… section can be really useful; there’s a FAQ link as well as Listening Suggestions to help you get your bearings. The Songs section is what we’ve [...]

June 2008 Newsletter

G r o o v e L i l y E – N e w s # 5 7 June 2008 A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals Gene Lewin: drums/vocals A contest where everybody (and nobody) won…a little new FREE music to hear right this minute…a workshop [...]

May 2008 Newsletter

A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals Gene Lewin: drums/vocals G r o o v e L i l y E – N e w s # 5 6 Thanks to everyone who came out to our late-April shows in NJ and NYC. We had a blast, and [...]

April 2008 Newsletter

A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals Gene Lewin: drums/vocals G r o o v e L i l y E – N e w s # 5 5 We are so excited to get out and PLAY again. We haven’t gone this long without a gig since [...]