Category Archives: Press

Reviews, Previews, and anything else written about us in print or on the interwebs.

STRIKING 12 in NYC…and, of course, Finland.

This just in from The Broadway Blog — “STRIKING 12 Strikes Again”: Their show is an entertaining, one-of-a-kind combo of indie rock concert and touching holiday fairy tale (though secular…the holiday is New Year’s Eve), with enough bah-humbug cynicism and fourth-wall-breaking humor to keep it well out of saccharine territory…It’s a must-see opportunity. – Tom [...]

“Why is Holiday Drama so Bad?” Tell ‘em it’s ’cause they ain’t got no Striking 12 in the house!

Today’s “Theater Talkback” article is a plea for better holiday theater (“Why Is Holiday Drama So Bad?”). Clearly this writer doesn’t know about STRIKING 12, and it’s time for our show to return to NYC! As of right now (9:30 AM PST), there are about a dozen comments, and two of them mention our show. [...]

Critical Acclaim For LONG STORY SHORT: Don’t Miss It

The 3 of us had a blast at opening night on October 9. Apparently, so did the critics: we are absolutely delighted, and it’s clear the momentum of this show is now revitalized. We have very high hopes for the future, as does the San Diego Union-Tribune: “Long question short: when does it go to [...]

First San Diego Review Is In: “LONG STORY SHORT Is A Smart Surprise”

The three of us had a fantastic time attending opening night on Friday at San Diego Rep. The show is in great shape, and the San Diego Union-Tribune agrees. We could not be more thrilled. “Every time I look at you, I turn into me.” It’s the kind of clever, compact line that pops up [...]

“GrooveLily makes music great art,” or so they say in Tulsa

We just got an unequivocally awesome review in the Tulsa World, and we need to crow about it for a minute. We don’t play as many concerts as we used to, so it feels pretty darned nice to get a review like this (by James D. Watts, Jr.): You hear a GrooveLily song from one [...]

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 [...]

A Little LSS Press

Sorry for the delay on posting these! The Pittsburgh City Paper ran a lovely pair of articles about LONG STORY SHORT; here are both the preview and the review. Pittsburgh City Paper preview article Pittsburgh City Paper review “…a must-see for anyone who loves theater, loves music and loves love.” – Michelle Pilecki, Pittsburgh City [...]

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 [...]

Striking 12 shoves people off cliffs; film at 11

One of the better reviews that Striking 12 has ever received comes from SeacoastOnline.com, in which Jeanné McCartin writes about our two performances at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH. She writes: The lovely tale is not only well woven for the telling but for optimum impact. Moving you through time, two tales and the [...]

Striking 12 made it into the NY Times again…

Yesterday morning we had the delightful experience of opening the New York Times Weekend Arts section and seeing our Jon Spaihts/Mark Sanders “band in a proscenium” photo staring back at us. Charles Isherwood, theater critic for the NY Times, has once again elected us “pick of the week” (for December 23-29, 2007). The print version [...]