BWW Interview: Lance Horne On His Current Residency at Joe's Pub, His Iconic Collaborators and Trying to Recruit Neve Campbellby Troy Frisby - April 5, 2017Lance Horne is developing new music based on acclaimed author Neil Gaiman's love poems to his wife, Amanda Palmer, is working on a top-secret project with Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears and continues to work with his 'musical husband,' Alan Cumming.
And, if all of that weren't enough, the Emmy-winning composer (ONE LIFE TO LIVE), lyricist and performer has also returned to Joe's Pub for the 2016-2017 season. Having performed at the venue since it first opened its doors in 1998, Horne is currently undertaking a four-part residency of new material---aptly titled NEW WORK, NEW WORK---for which he's been joined by many of his famous friends.
Ahead of the residency's penultimate installment, NEW WORK NEW WORK 3, on April 12 at 7pm, we spoke with Horne by phone about his innumerable collaborators, his history with Joe's and the stars he's still working on teaming up with. Inna Faliks to Continue Yamaha's 6 @ 6 Solo Piano Series This Springby BWW News Desk - April 4, 20176@6 at Yamaha Solo Piano Series presents Inna Faliks in concert on Wednesday, April 12 @ 6:00 PM, as the third program of their 2017 performance series, curated by Mirian Conti, at Yamaha Artists Piano Salon, 689 Fifth Avenue (entrance on 54th street), 3rd floor in Manhattan. BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Showcase to Feature New Musicals in NYC This Mayby BWW News Desk - April 4, 2017The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will present its top works in this year's showcase on Monday, May 1st at 4:30 PM. The event will be held at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City (10 West 64th Street) and will premiere performances of the best of songs written and composed by recent members of this Drama League-, Drama Desk- and Tony-honored workshop. IFC Center Slates First Split Screens Festival for Juneby TV News Desk - April 4, 2017IFC Center, home to the country's largest independent documentary film festival DOC NYC, today announced the first edition of the Split Screens Festival, a new, annual event celebrating the art and cultural impact of television, taking place June 2-8, 2017 in New York City. Jazz Journalists Association to Celebrate Over Two Dozen 'Jazz Heroes' Across the Countryby BWW News Desk - April 3, 2017More than two dozen 'Jazz Heroes' -- people exerting unusual positive musical influence on their communities, whether they're musicians or not - are to be celebrated in 20 U.S. locales throughout April, Jazz Appreciation Month, as announced by the Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit organization of media professionals in collaboration with diverse jazz grassroots groups, institutions and supporters. Mona Golabek to Bring THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE to Town Hallby BWW News Desk - April 3, 2017On April 25 at 8pm at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd St.), The Museum of Jewish Heritage and The Town Hall Foundation will present a special performance from American concert pianist Mona Golabek who tells the gripping, true story of her mother, Lisa Jura, who held on to her music and her dreams to survive one of the darkest periods in history. BWW Review: Lady Rizo Salutes the RED, WHITE AND INDIGO at Joe's Pubby Troy Frisby - April 3, 2017In her new show, RED, WHITE AND INDIGO, Lady Rizo is all about coming to terms with that "very bad boyfriend" she calls America.
"I think he reads my email," she joked with a wry smile, during her first show of a three-night run at Joe's Pub on March 23. "And I know he's f**king with my birth control."
And while getting into a relationship thinking you can change somebody is never the best idea, she still had to try. Standing tall in front of a room divider paneled with an upside-down American flag, Lady Rizo was dead-set on reclaiming the idea of patriotism. David Gonzalez's AESOP BOPS! Coming to the Upper West Sideby BroadwayWorld JR - April 3, 2017Vital Theatre Company will present AESOP BOPS!, a family event with master storyteller David Gonzalez, for one performance only at 1 pm on Saturday, April 15 at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Writers Studio to Celebrate 30th Anniversary This Mayby BWW News Desk - March 31, 2017The Writers Studio, the landmark school for creative writing and thinking founded and directed by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Schultz, celebrates its 30th anniversary with the release of the 400-page anthology, The Writers Studio at 30 (Epiphany Editions). Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - HEDY! to Return to Planet Connections in Julyby BWW News Desk - March 31, 2017HEDY! is enjoying a triumphant run across the country (2016: Planet Connections Theatre Festivity and United Solo Festival; and 2017: SaraSolo Festival, Florida; DivaFest, Indianapolis; One & Only Series, Vermont; Shenandoah Fringe, Virginia) before returning to where it all began: Planet Connections Theatre Festivity in July. Shortly after, Ms. Massie takes her one woman-show to the 2017 Galway Fringe. Scroll down for a sneak peek at Massie in action!
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