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The People of The Salon
Host and Producer
Mark Janas - Founder,
Artistic Director and Host |
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Mark Janas began
his piano studies at age of three, composed a sonatina
at 5, and by high
school was conducting the Hammond Area Youth Orchestra.
At Indiana University he studied with pianist Karen
Shaw, composer Bernhard Heiden, and conductors Jan
Harrington and Tibor Kozma, among others. While a
senior at Indiana, he was chosen by Leonard Bernstein
to conduct
at Bernstein festivals in Israel and Austria. He
was twice Bernstein’s assistant, for concerts with
the New York Philharmonic and Boston Symphony orchestras.
After receiving a bachelor of music degree from Indiana
University and a brief stint as associate conductor
of Texas Opera Theatre, he acquired a master’s
degree in orchestral conducting at Rice University,
while simultaneously founding and conducting a professional
group, Orchestra Texas.
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In 1982,
he was a conducting fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Institute, studying with Bernstein, Tilson Thomas,
Hogwood, and Blomstedt. In 1984, he jumped the fence
to musical theater, composing a score for an historical
drama The Lone Star, later recorded in London with
members of the LSO, and later conducted the Houston
Symphony in a performance of a Suite from the work.
Janas music directed the world’s largest production
of Hello, Dolly!, creating all-new arrangements for
its star, Marilyn Maye. He performed all over the
United States as associate conductor for two national
tours
of Les Misérables, as well as music directing
for the Yale Repertory Theatre, Hippodrome State
Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and New Dramatists,
to
name a few. He music directed the Chautauqua Opera
Cabarets in 1998 and more recently has performed
and released a CD with 2001 Best Debut BackStage
Bistro
and MAC award winner Julie Reyburn. Performances
with Maree Johnson took him to Australia, and last
summer
two New York readings of his original musical, PoeSCrypt,
were very well received; a recording of the work
is currently in process.
Mr. Janas won the 2002 BackStage
Bistro Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical
Direction, and, having taught before at Yale, Barnard,
Concordia, and NYU, as well as his Acting The Song
class with colleague Andy Gale. He received a special
Bistro Award in 2010 for creating Salon and was also
awarded 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2103 MAC Awards for being Salon's
Founder & Artistic Director. He was also given the 2013 Award for Best Host. |
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Credits
Founder/Host: Mark Janas
Executive Producer: Tanya Moberly
Sponsors: Father
Jeff Hamblin and Dr. Garrett Bennett
Advisory
Board: Raissa
Katona Bennett, Nicholas
Levin, Sue
Matsuki, Sierra
Rein,
Roy Sander, Stephen
Wilde,
Bill
Zeffiro.
Blogettes: Erin
Cronican and Sierra
Rein
Etceterettes: Arianna,
Erin Cronican,
Shana Farr, Janice Hall, Marnie Klar, Marissa Mulder,
Candice Oden, Sierra Rein, Sarah Rice, Adam
Shapiro,
and Maureen
Taylor
Design • Website Design by Erin
Cronican
• Logo designed by
David Gillam
• Postcard design
by Sierra Rein
• Additional graphics by
Sierra Rein and Erin Cronican
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Tanya Moberly - Executive
Producer |
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Tanya is the 2010, 2011, 2012
& 2013 MAC Award winning producer of The Salon.
She has been performing at Don't Tell Mama since
1998 when she co-created the“The Blonde
Leading The Blonde” with partner Susan
Hackett and writer/director Ilona Vellios. The
show ran for
8 episodes over the course of 5 years and received
a MAC Award nomination in 2000 for special production.
Her first solo show was “Moberly Sings Di
Franco” in
May of 2001. Stu Hamstra of Cabaret Hotline deemed
it “The Best Musical Event of 2001”.
Solo shows that followed included “For
What It's Worth” (2003), “Tanya Sings
Arlen, etc...” (2005), “Tanya Sings
Jonatha Brooke” (May 2006), and “Tanya
Sings Beck, etc...” (December 2006). In
2007, she did four different shows within the
month of May,
which she repeated in October and again in April
2008.
Her 2010 show was THEATRE SONGS, which she did
three versions of, with Mark Janas at the piano
and Ritt
Henn on bass. In 2011 she brought back both "Moberly
Sings Di Franco" as well as "Tanya
Moberly Sings Jonatha Brooke" with Scott
Ethier at the piano, Cindy Gooden on bass, Rex
Benincasa
on drums
and Erin Cronican on vocals.
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She received a MAC Award Nomination for Best Female Vocalist and a Broadway World Award Nomination for Best Tribute Show for her 2012 show TANYA LORRAINE MOBERLY SINGS BARBRA JOAN STREISAND WITH STEVEN RAY WATKINS.
Tanya returns to Don’t Tell Mama this fall with I LOVE NEW YORK SONGWRITERS.
Non-musical
New York City appearances include Miriam in “The Exciting Life” by
Anthony Penino, which was a finalist in The Samuel
French One-Act Festival of 2007; Tina in “Blind
Corner” by Bill McMahon for Emerging Artist's
Theatre and multiple roles in Henry Meyerson's “Java
Jive”, a collection of one-act plays set
in coffee shops. Java Jive premiered at The Avery
Point Playhouse in 2002 and then moved to The Producer's
Club in NYC. In 2008, it was transformed into “Fresh
Brewed – Tales From the Coffee Bar” which
had since been published by Samuel French, and
ran in the fall and spring of 2009 at Don't Tell
Mama. Tanya starred and directed the cast of four.
Theatre credits outside Manhattan include:
April in “Company” (Brooklyn),
Rizzo in “Grease and Columbia in “The Rocky Horror Show” (Connecticut),
Ruby in “Dames at Sea” and Lola in “Damn Yankees” (New
Hampshire), Dorothy in “Niteclub Confidential” (Block Island),
Petra in “A Little Night Music” (Virginia) and Edwin Drood in “The
Mystery of Edwin Drood” and Hannah and Diana in “California Suite” (Iowa).
She has also toured the U.S. For Theatreworks/USA in “Goldilocks and
the Three Bears” and “Jungle Book”.
She is also the New York Director/Producer for True
Colors. Other directing credits include MARNIE KLAR SINGS…; MARNIE KLAR in ACCIDENTAL HAPPINESS, and DAVID BALLARD in HAVING IT ALL.
Learn more at TanyaMoberly.com |
Sponsors
Father Jeff Hamblin |
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Born in Indiana, now a resident of Bay Ridge Brooklyn,
Father Jeff has lived and served internationally,
bringing to his ministry and congregants the benefit
of his many and varied experiences. While in medical
school, Father Jeff served as a priest in the Caribbean,
and has also served in Great Britain.
Christ Church is able to take advantage of another
of Father Jeff’s talents in that he is
fluent in Spanish, which has led to an outreach
program
to the Spanish community. Services in Spanish
are occasionally held as requested by the community. |
A Wednesday evening
Eucharist, where the congregation gathers briefly
to refuel spiritually for the remainder of the
week, has also been initiated by Father Jeff.
A “tentmaker priest,” Father
Jeff, also known as Dr. Jeff, is a psychiatrist,
who
serves as Unit Chief for Inpatient Adolescent
Girls at
Kings County Hospital
Center, and as a Clinical Assistant Professor at SUNY Downstate. Not surprisingly,
he brings his counseling skills to the parish. Father Jeff also serves
on the Board of Trustees of the American University
of the Caribbean, the Medical
School on St. Maarten. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any
better, we find out that Father Jeff is an animal
lover. He has two Jack Russell terriers -- Margaret
Anne, called “Maggie” and
Tobias, called “Toby.” You can catch him walking them in the
streets of Bay Ridge.
Music, one of Father Jeff’s many passions,
is an important element of the Christ Church experience.
In addition to Father Jeff singing the Eucharist
in
his strong tenor voice, he has retained Mark Janas as the Music Director.
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info: www.christchurchbayridge.org |
Dr. Garrett Bennett,
MD |
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Dr. Bennett is a member of the American Academy
of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the
Medical
Society of the State Of New York, the American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the
New York County Medical Society. He is one of the
few double board-certified facial plastic surgeons,
with certifications in facial plastic surgery by
the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology.
In addition to publications in numerous medical
journals and presentations at national and
regional conferences,
Dr. Bennett is an avid supporter of the theater.
He is married to Broadway actress Raissa Katona
Bennett. Dr. Bennett performs surgery at the
Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Center for Specialty
Care, and the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
Dr. Bennett completed specialized facial plastic
surgery training at the Rousso Facial Plastic Surgery
Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, where he held a
fellowship position in facial plastic and reconstructive
surgery (sponsored by the American Academy of Facial
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery). He is a graduate
of the prestigious Otolaryngology Surgery Program
at the New York University School of Medicine in
New York City.
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Through
his work and studies at the New York University Hospital;
Manhattan Eye,
Ear, and Throat Hospital; and Lenox Hill Hospital,
Dr. Bennett received intensive training in facial
plastic surgery procedures, including face-lifting
(rhytidectomy), rhinoplasty (nasal reshaping surgery),
eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), endoscopic brow-lifting,
facial rejuvenation surgery, laser resurfacing,
functional nasal surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery,
neck liposuction, facial implants and injectables,
otoplasty and others. He completed an internship
at the General Surgery Department of the New York
University School of Medicine in New York City.
He received his medical doctorate from the Rochester
School of Medicine in Rochester, New York. More info:
www.nycfacemd.com |
Advisory Board
Raissa Katona Bennett -
Board Member |
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On Broadway, Raissa
performed the role of “Christine Daae” in
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and appeared in CHESS, as
a benefit for the Actor’s Fund. Her First
National Tour credits include: “Jellylorum/Griddlebone” and “Jennyanydots” in
CATS, “Mother” in the National Theatre
of the Deaf’s version of A CHILD’S
CHRISTMAS IN WALES, and “Lizzie Phagan” in
PARADE, where she worked with the original creative
team of director Harold Prince, choreographer Patricia
Birch, author Alfred Uhry, and composer Jason Robert
Brown.
In NYC, Raissa has headlined at: Feinstein’s,
Metropolitan Room, Iridium and The Laurie Beechman
Theatre. She has guest starred at: The Supper Club,
Rainbow Room, 88?s, Don’t Tell Mama, Chita’s,
The Algonquin, and Radio City Music Hall. She has
soloed with many symphony orchestras and was guest
soloist at the estate of the legendary Cal Ripken,
Jr. She was featured at the Lincoln Center Barnes
and Noble in their Any Wednesday series, performing
selections from her first CD, What I Was Dreaming
Of.
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Her
newest CD, Another Kind of Light, is being released
by LML Music, during a week long engagement at
Feinsteins, August 21st thru the 25th. On this
new CD, three songs were written expressly for Raissa – 2 by Michael
John LaChiusa: “Torch Song for Raissa” and “Bye, Bye, Ingenue”,
and 1 by David Caldwell: “i carry your heart”. Two other songs
receive their first commercial recording here: Ron Abel and Chuck Steffan’s “Waiting
for a Westbound Train," and "How Could I Not?" is from the
David Spencer/Alan Menken musical, THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ.
Raissa was nominated for a 2009
MAC Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist and received
the
2010 Bistro Award and 2011 MAC Award for Outstanding
Achievement
as the creator, producer and host of THE CONCERTS FOR CITY GREENS, which is
dedicated to the greening of cities, while
introducing new audiences to the artists of
the cabaret and theater communities. She writes a blog, “Raissa Recommends”,
that highlights performances in the NYC cabaret and theater world, promotes
animal rescue and a kinder, more verdant world. She is also a Reiki Master,
and Platform
Assistant/Chaplain, at Unity Center for Practical Spirituality, in Norwalk,
CT. Raissa lives in New York City
with her husband Dr.
Garrett Bennett, and their
2 tiny rescue
dogs, Phoebe and Otie.
More information at www.RaissaKatonaBennett.com |
Nicholas Levin - Board
Member |
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Nicholas is proud
to be one of the earliest Salon members from beyond
the "Talk of the Town" family itself.
As a composer/lyricist, he's a six-time MAC Nominee
whose songs have been performed from Tokyo to the
Hoboken Elks Lodge (no joke!) by singers including
Marcus Simeone, fellow board member Sue Matsuki,
the USO, and the Philadelphia Boys Choir (he co-wrote
a song in their permanent repertoire). He was one
of the writers of off-broadway's THAT TIME OF THE
YEAR. Other theater works include ENCOUNTERS WITH
JOHN O'HARA (Neighborhood Group Theatre), and adaptations
of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (pre-Wicked!) and
THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE (Edmonton Fringe Festival).
Nicholas is an alumnus of the BMI-Lehman Engel
Musical Theater Writing Workshop, and a former
artist-in-residence with the South Carolina Arts
Commission and Marymount College/The York Theatre
Company.
Website: NicholasLevin.com |
Sue Matsuki - Board Member |
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Sue
is an 8 time MAC Award Nominee/3 time Winner (in
6 different categories) as follows: 2002 MAC Award
Winner for Female Jazz/ Pop/R&B Vocalist; 2002
MAC Award Nominee for Best Female Recording for her
first Jazz CD, A New Take; 2004 MAC Award Nominee
for Duo/Group with her partner for that show, Marcus
Simeone; 2006 MAC Award Winner for Special Productions
for her sold out 7 week run of 10 Years in the Making
with her Musical Director Gregory Toroian (a new
show every week for 7 weeks); 2007 MAC Award Nominee
for Female Vocalist; 2008 MAC Award Nominee for Duo/Group
with her partner for that show Edd Clark; the 2008
MAC Award Winner for Specialty Song (“One Stop
Shopping” by Page/Matsuki/Toroian) and a
2010 MAC Award Nominee for Female Vocalist.
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Her
most cherished "award" comes by being
selected by Julie Wilson herself as the very first
2005 Julie Wilson Award Recipient, given by the
Mabel Mercer Foundation. She was most recently
awarded the 2009 Jeff Matson Award from Stu Hamstra's
CabaretHotOnline which is an award given to a "Jack
of all Trades" and to a person who is noted
for serving the Cabaret Community.
This
24-year veteran Cabaret/Jazz singer and comedian
has played legendary
jazz clubs: The Village Gate, Birdland, The Iridium,
Sweet Rhythm; and Cabarets: Feinstein's at the
Regency, The Metropolitan Room, The Laurie Beechman,
Town Hall, Arci’s Place, Don’t Tell
Mama, 88’s, Judy’s, Danny’s,
Jan Wallman’s, The Duplex, The Triad, Caroline’s
Comedy Club, Helen’s Hideaway Room and Broadway
Baby in New York; The Cosmopolitan Room and Odette’s
in New Hope, PA; The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
in Alaska; The Gardenia Room in Los Angeles; The
Standing Room Only Cabaret in Hartford, CT; The
Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, Voices for Charity,
Trumpets & Le Dome at The Manor in NJ; The
Rockland Cultural Arts Center & Neil Berg’s
100 Years of Broadway Series in Nyack & Town
Hall in Terrytown, NY; the CabaretFest in Provincetown,
MA; Boothsbay Harbor Opera House in Maine and The
Four Seasons in Las Vegas, NV. She was named a “Best
of Connecticut” by The Connecticut Magazine
and, as such, did a benefit for the March of Dimes
sponsored by the magazine in the Foxwood’s
Casino room.
She has 3 CDs currently
out. Her jazz CD, A New Take, her Christmas CD,
Sue & Edd’s FABULOUS
Christmas, with Edd Clark and a new CD will be
released in November called Christine Lavin present
Christmas Angel featuring Sue singing her original
song "Christmas Angel". All CDs may be
purchased at: www.cdbaby.com or www.amazon.com
or downloaded on iTunes©.
Sue was also a Super and “Diva Double” at
the Metropolitan Opera where she was featured in
Moses und Aaron (Voice of God); Tristan und Isolde
(Braganea double); Norma (Druid Princess); and
Il Travatore (Court Lady & Leonora double).
She was also invited to sing with the Met chorus
in a special presentation of After the Ball by
Noel Coward starring the late, great Irene Worth.
Sue is also a producer, writer, reviewer, Cabaret
teacher, she has served on the MAC Board of Directors
as the Treasurer and she is an award winning songwriter.
Please visit her column: Sue's
Views, Reviews & News. To read her press
quotes, show descriptions and to take a look at
her performance history visit SueMatsuki.com. |
Sierra Rein - Board Member |
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Sierra was christened
the first "Blogette" by
Sue Matsuki in 2010 and is a Board Member of The
Salon. Her vocal group, Marquee Five (www.marqueefive.com)
won a MAC Award for Vocal Duo/Group and released
their debut CD, “8-Track Throwback,” in
2011. She yearly sings with the Definitely Dickens
Holiday Carolers and has performed in numerous composer
showcases in New York. Sierra was last seen at Goodspeed
Musicals' production of “City of Angels” as
Angel City 4 Alto and Donna/Oolie understudy. She
also has performed with members of the New York City
Opera in a reading of the new opera “Strange
Fruit” and had her New York City stage debut
with Theater Ten Ten’s “Ruddigore.” She
has regularly appeared at open mics, for composer
showcases, and has shot many videos with her puppet,
Kay “ThePal” Pringle. Along with her
husband, Pete, they perform online puppetry via www.ThePal.us (his
puppet’s name is Jay ThePal).
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Other favorite
credits: Chiffon in “Little
Shop of Horrors” (Utah Shakespearean Festival),
Sister Sophia in “Sound of Music” and
Nimue in “Camelot” (Fullerton CLO), Nadia
in Ovation-winning “bare” (Hudson Theater),
Second Soprano in “Master Class” (Odyssey
Theater), roles in “The Pajama Game” and “The
Boys from Syracuse” (Reprise!), and Ellen Beach
Yaw in cult favorite “A Mulholland Christmas
Carol” (Theater of N.O.T.E.). In 2007, she
premiered “Ridin’ High,” her
debut cabaret show (directed by Calvin Remsberg)
in Los
Angeles.
Learn more at SierraRein.com. |
Julie Reyburn - Board Member |
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Julie was awarded the 2011
MAC Award for Major Artist by the Manhattan Association
of Cabarets and
Clubs. She is a 4 time MAC, 2 time Bistro award
winner who has appeared in many of the top clubs
in Manhattan.
Her ability to connect to a lyric with unique interpretations
has established her as one of New York¡¯s
celebrated female vocalist. She is the first ever
Nightlife Award recipient for Outstanding Female
Vocalist (2003) and again in 2005 and 2009 as a
finalist.In 2007 Julie was presented with the coveted
Julie Wilson Award from the Mabel Mercer Foundation ¡°in
joyful gratitude for the vocal majesty and lyrical
interpretation she continually manifests in her
classic presentations of the Great Popular Songbook.
On the theatre stage, Julie has been featured
in the Broadway by the Year series at the famed
New
York Town Hall. Highlighted in both the "Broadway
Musicals of 1940 and 1965," Julie
costarred with some of Broadway's
best. She has been featured in numerous Cabaret
Conventions sponsored
by The Mabel Mercer Foundation. Most recently
at Lincoln Center¡¯s Rose Theatre
as well as in Chicago's famed Park
West.
As a member of Actor's Equity, Julie
has performed Off-Broadway in new musicals,
"I Prefer to Dream" at the Triad, "Character Breakdown"
at Abington
Theatre, "War Brides" at The York Theatre,
"The Atrain Plays" at Neighborhood Playhouse, "Falsettos"
for Storefront
Theatre Company and in the award winning
musical Africa & Plumbridge at the NY International
Fringe Festival.
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Recordings include:
The Broadway Musicals of 1940 (Bayview Records),
Heaven Knows - Cast Recording,
War Brides ¨C Cast Recording and her debut solo
CD, Fate is Kind and Bistro Award winning recording,
Live at Feinstein¡¯s(No Cover Records)
and 8 Track Throwback (Cavern Records) with Marquee
Five.
Please visit: www.juliereyburn.com and www.nocoverrecords.com
She is also a member of the MAC award winning
vocal group Marquee Five: www.marqueefive.com |
Roy Sander - Board Member |
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Roy Sander has
been covering cabaret and theatre for nearly twenty-five
years. His reviews and commentary
have appeared in seven print publications—most
prominently Back Stage—and onCitysearch on
the Internet and the MAC web site. In addition, he
appeared monthly on "New York Theatre Review" on
PBS-TV, and weekly on WLIM-FM radio. He is a member
of the Bistro Awards committee, a judge for the
Nightlife Awards, and Chairman of the Advisory
Board of MAC,
and he was twice a guest instructor at the London
School of Musical Theatre.
He currently writes
reviews for www.BistroAwards.com. |
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Stephen Wilde - Board
Member |
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Stephen Wilde received rave
reviews from John Simon of Bloomberg News and Howard
Kissel
of
The
New York
Daily News for his portrayal of Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Marc Connelly in the Off-Broadway hit
Talk Of The Town in The Oak Room at The Algonquin
Hotel.
He graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a
Master of Fine Arts in Acting and The Moscow
Art Theatre
School in Russia with a Graduate Degree in Acting.
He performed for two years on the road in the Broadway
Tour of The Music Man, and in concerts
with the
Chicago, Baltimore and Pittsburgh Symphony
orchestras under
the baton of Marvin Hamlisch.
Stephen earned
the title of International Quartet Champion of
the
Barbershop Harmony Society, as high tenor of
the group, Joker’s
Wild. He has performed on the stage of the
Moscow Art Theatre in Russia in the critically-acclaimed
production of Shelter (based on Maxim Gorky’s
The Lower Depths), garnering great reviews
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Stephen is a voting
member of the National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences (The “Grammys”)
and is Chief Creative Officer of Niche Music Group
(nichemusicgroup.com) and its 5 record labels: Naked
Voice Records, (a cappella), No Cover Records, (great
American songbook), Broadway Records, (musical theatre),
Cavern Records, (pop/rock/R&B) and Monster Jazz
Records, (jazz). He produced Julie Reyburn: Live
At Feinstein’s, which won a Bistro Award
for Outstanding Recording in 2010, and the acclaimed
recording William Blake: Live From New York City.
He recently completed the independent films "Consequences,"
directed by Darren Malone, and "A Life Without
Pain," directed by Jonathan Castro, and most recently
was
seen on stage in the production of "The Music
Man"
at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, with
John Bolton (Spamalot), Jennifer Smith (The Producers),
and Cass Morgan (Memphis).
Website: stephenwilde.tv |
Facebook: facebook.com/stephenwilde.tv |
Twitter: @stephenwildenyc |
William Zeffiro - Board
Member |
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Bill wrote book,
music and lyrics for The Road To Ruin (The 1928
Exploitation Musical) which makes its world premier
at the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF)
in September 2008. The cast album, available on
Original Cast Records (starring George S, Irving,
and Ann Morrison) was named one of the Top 10 Show
Albums of 2005 by talking.broadway.com. It was
a National Alliance For Musical Theatre semi-finalist
in 2006 and further developed in cooperation with
The Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles,
East of Doheny, and The Fifth Avenue Theatre in
Seattle. Recently Bill produced and performed on
the debut recording Randy Newman’s song, “Stupid
Little Songs” with Brooke Sunny Moriber.
Other recent projects: Producer/Music Supervisor
of the Original Cast Recording of “JACK An
Opera About The Life Of John F. Kennedy” by
Will Holt and Tom Sawyer and producing Kitty Carlisle
Hart’s final recordings in 2006.
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Other
writing projects include scripts for USA Television
Network’s UP ALL NIGHT and his play ‘The
Backseat Of The Lincoln’, a comedy about
obsession with the Kennedy assassination. He is
regarded as an expert on the music of Kay Swift,
and co-produced the legendary Merkin Hall concert
in 1986 featuring Ms. Swift, Steve Ross, Julie
Wilson and Balcom and Morris. As a vocal coach/
singing teacher his clients have appeared in (to
name a few) Billy Elliot, Rent, Mary Poppins, Wicked,
Avenue Q and Jersey Boys. . Last year City Lights
Youth Theatre honored him at Tavern On The Green
for his work as an Artist/Teacher along with Lynne
Wilson and Kitty Carlisle Hart.
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Blogettes / Etceterettes
Erin Cronican - Blogette / Etceterette |
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Erin Cronican
is a professional actor (AEA/SAG-AFTRA) with over
20 years of experience
performing in film,
TV, musicals and theater in NYC, LA, and regionally.
She recently starred in Closer (Anna), Danny
and the Deep Blue Sea (Roberta), Three
Sisters (Masha),
and Look Back in Anger (Helena)
with The Seeing Place Theater. She is perhaps best
known for originating
the role of Cindy in the national tour revival
of
Suds, The Rockin' 60s
Musical Soap Opera and starring
in the first ever revival of the Broadway musical,
Subways Are For Sleeping.
Regional favorites include:
The Last Five Years, Angels
in America, South Pacific, Wit, Evita, My Fair
Lady, and
The Norman Conquests.
She starred in a recent workshop reading of North
Atlantic opposite Robert Cuccioli, written
by Salon member Michael Colby and can be seen in
Salon member, Richard Eisenberg's, premiere cabaret,
"Smile On My Face."
She has
also appeared on the TV shows Veronica
Mars and One
Life to Live, and can be seen in Paul
Giamatti’s
film, Cold Souls.
On the indie scene, she's appeared as
the title role in the feature length comedy,
Writer's Block,
and starred in the festival favorites WTFU and Peace
Aqua (opposite Tony Winner Jarrod
Emick and
Tony Nominee Andrea Mcardle.)
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When not on stage
or on set, Erin spends her time creating opportunities
for herself and others through producing, most
notably as Managing Director of The Seeing Place
Theater and consulting executive producer with
City Kid Films. She also is the founding artistic
director of the ACTOR-OWN Musical Theater Collective,
a group of singers who get togther once a month
to rad/sing through a musical to sharpen their
skill and revel in the joy of musical theater.
As her “day job”,
Erin is the founder of The Actors' Enterprise,
a fun
and inspiring one-on-one coaching service that
provides incredibly affordable business training
to actors who want to feel more fulfilled and in
control of their careers. Her sessions includes
coaching on marketing, branding, business skills,
and audition/interview techniques that help actors
work SMARTER, not HARDER.
Acting:
ErinCronican.com | ErinCronicals.com (blog) | Erin
on Twitter | Erin on Facebook
Coaching:
TheActorsEnterprise.org | BiteSizeBusiness.org (blog) | TAE's
Facebook |
TAE's Twitter
Producing
SeeingPlaceTheater.com | TheSeeingPlaceTheater (blog)
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on Facebook | TSP on Twitter |
Sierra Rein - Blogette
/ Etceterette |
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Sierra was christened
the first "Blogette" by Sue Matsuki in
2010 and is a Board Member of The Salon. Her vocal
group, Marquee Five (www.marqueefive.com) won a MAC
Award for Vocal Duo/Group and released their debut
CD, “8-Track Throwback,” in 2011. She
yearly sings with the Definitely Dickens Holiday
Carolers and has performed in numerous composer showcases
in New York. Sierra was last seen at Goodspeed Musicals'
production of “City of Angels” as Angel
City 4 Alto and Donna/Oolie understudy. She also
has performed with members of the New York City Opera
in a reading of the new opera “Strange Fruit” and
had her New York City stage debut with Theater Ten
Ten’s “Ruddigore.” She has regularly
appeared at open mics, for composer showcases, and
has shot many videos with her puppet, Kay “ThePal” Pringle.
Along with her husband, Pete, they perform online
puppetry via www.ThePal.us (his
puppet’s name is Jay ThePal). |
Other favorite
credits: Chiffon in “Little Shop of Horrors” (Utah
Shakespearean Festival), Sister Sophia in “Sound
of Music” and Nimue in “Camelot” (Fullerton
CLO), Nadia in Ovation-winning “bare” (Hudson
Theater), Second Soprano in “Master Class” (Odyssey
Theater), roles in “The Pajama Game” and “The
Boys from Syracuse” (Reprise!), and Ellen
Beach Yaw in cult favorite “A Mulholland
Christmas Carol” (Theater of N.O.T.E.). In
2007, she premiered “Ridin’ High,” her
debut cabaret show (directed by Calvin Remsberg)
in Los Angeles.
Learn more at SierraRein.com.
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