Paul Sabourin, of Paul and Storm, just turned 40, and his wife threw him a surprise birthday party. We weren’t able to be there, but Storm invited us to participate in a mashup video where we would reminisce about something absolutely fictional in Paul’s history. Accordingly, we filmed a little something in the lobby of [...]
Okay, we’re going to do it. We’re going to finish Wheelhouse. For real. For those of you who don’t know anything about this, Wheelhouse is the 2nd GrooveLily concert-musical-hybrid thing, the one we started in 2004-5, after Striking 12 was proving to be a successful venture and we wanted to do more of the same. [...]
January 5, 2010 – 3:31 pm
One of the great byproducts of Striking 12 getting licensed here and there, is that occasionally we get to meet people who played us. Val and I are trading off for two weeks, with one of us working on Toy Story The Musical on site in Anaheim while the other stays home and takes the [...]
December 21, 2009 – 5:56 pm
We posted some of 12-year-old Madison Kemp’s GrooveLily artwork a few months ago – and here’s her latest, just in time for the holidays. Thanks Madison!
November 28, 2009 – 7:22 pm
Back in 2006, when we spent the better part of six months working on writing and then rehearsing and then performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with director Tina Landau, we made some lasting friendships with some of the actors. Notably, we had to collaborate closely with Jesse Nager (who sang so gloriously on our recording [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:30 am
We just have to crow about this for a moment: this is a huge honor. It’s one of those awards for which you cannot apply; you simply receive a mysterious phone call out of the blue from Michael Kerker at ASCAP, saying “please post 6 of your songs online, a variety of work from different [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:00 am
Northern and southern California unite in the Antarctic! We are incredibly happy to report that La Jolla Playhouse has officially joined with TheatreWorks to co-commission ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, the solo show for Val we are writing with Joe DiPietro. We’ve had a long and fruitful history with TheatreWorks, and are delighted at the chance [...]
November 5, 2009 – 7:30 am
We’ve just been notified that Birmingham-Southern College will be producing STRIKING 12 this season, with 12 actors + 6 onstage musicians. One of the first college productions of our show, it’s also certainly one of the largest/most ambitious. We wish we could see it ourselves, but unfortunately can’t travel to Alabama. If you’re in the [...]
October 17, 2009 – 11:44 am
We really wish we could see this! If you go, please tell us all about it. Every other month, Puppet Playlist takes talented puppeteers and brilliant musicians and slams them together into an evening of live theater to stir the senses. This time the theme is The Seven Deadly Sins, and Alissa Hunnicutt will be [...]
October 16, 2009 – 6:50 pm
Every so often, we are the lucky recipients of artwork from some of our youngest listeners. These make us happier than you can imagine. Here’s the latest, from 12-year-old GrooveLily fan Madison Kemp. Thanks Madison!