December 6, 2011 – 3:00 pm
We did our first STRIKING 12 show of the season recently in Lone Tree, CO – and a bunch of disparate elements came together beautifully to make it a very special weekend. First, we were excited to get together and play, ’cause it’s been a while. Second, we’ve also been wanting to get together to [...]
August 24, 2011 – 2:36 pm
Kathy Diamant did a phone interview with us about the origins of Sleeping Beauty Wakes and what we’re up to–and we ranged far and wide in our conversation. Check it out: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/aug/23/groovelily-wakes-sleeping-beauty/ It’s a pretty nice story of how we got where we are, and what we hope for the future.
August 12, 2011 – 5:30 pm
Val, Brendan and Gene convene tomorrow for an intensive week-long WHEELHOUSE writing retreat, at Rhinebeck Writers’ Retreat in Rhinebeck, NY. We are honored to be part of this retreat’s inaugural summer: founded by former NAMT Executive Director Kathy Evans, this program is designed to nurture the creative process, by providing time and space (and food!) [...]
Check it out: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152312-Rhinebeck-Writers-Retreat-to-Nurture-New-Musicals-by-Alex-Timbers-Michael-Friedman-GrooveLily We’re in pretty august company, and it’s nice to read that Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses’ terrific piece “Nobody Loves You” is getting more work time at the Rhinebeck retreat AND is getting a production at the Old Globe. Val and I will be there with bells on–this show kicks butt.
February 17, 2011 – 2:41 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen: we’re going to do a run of Wheelhouse. In a theatre. The run is from June 6 to July 1, 2012. There’s an official announcement from Theatreworks, and a mention on Playbill.com, but you can get the straight poop here. It’s happening. It is our hope that we will actually have the [...]
November 11, 2010 – 11:07 am
Thanks to everyone who came to see us in West Chester, PA, last weekend. It was a blast to come back to a town where we’ve previously only played in the rec room of a (surprisingly lovely yet not very large) Swedenborgian Learning Retreat, and instead to find ourselves in a big, lovely auditorium filled [...]
Forgive me for being inconsistent with these “weekly” demos. It’s been kinda tough lately–and I’ll get into that shortly. But for now, here’s this week’s song, way more “adult contemporary” than we usually roll, but it still feels appropriate to the subject matter. Here’s “Leap.” Leap (rough demo) by GrooveLily http://groovelily.bandcamp.com/track/leap-rough-demo If you like it, [...]