While I was leaving the free yoga class (free ’cause I won a month membership! Yay!) from Levitate Yoga on 49th street, I was startled by the peal of church bells across the street. I was also then startled to recognize a popular musical theater tune by a particularly famous musical theater composer. Irving Berlin?!? Listen to it here. The […]
One of the great joys of living in NYC is that it is a mecca for creative people. So, I was very excited to hear that Troy Hussman (a young man who I performed with in “Great Expectations” the musical in Los Angeles while it was at the Hudson Theater) was coming to New York with his friend Sy Adamowsky […]
The show I did for Theater Ten Ten last May, “Ruddigore,” has been nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award, which were announced today (July 20, 2009). The nomination is in the category of “Outstanding Production of a Musical” and I was happy to note that my friend Sarah Lowe’s show “The Apple Sisters” shares the spotlight in that […]
July 20, 2009The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation announced the nominations for the IT Awards, and the Theater Ten Ten production of “Ruddigore, or the Witch’s Curse” (featuring Sierra and her puppeteering skills) was nominated for “Outstanding Production of a Musical.” For more information visit www.NYITAwards.com. Read a review of the production here.
July 16, 2009Sierra sang for Ritt Henn’s Big Night Out Composer Showcase, singing a wonderfully funny song by Ritt Henn and D.C. Anderson regarding a certain part of her anatomy…For more information: www.ritthenn.com and www.dcanderson.net. To view video from this event, click here.
brotherjoscephus.com/ My friend, Samia Mounts, can SING. She’s awesome – high belt and soprano, sass, young and positive energy. She invited me to the Sequoia Restaurant down at the end of Pier 17 in South Street Seaport to see her sing in a band called Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra. I didn’t know what to expect, but […]
Please join me at Big Night Out’s Featured Composer Series on July 16th, 2009, with Ritt Henn! This funky, funny, tall composer/singer/bassist was the Winner of the 2005 Back Stage Bistro Award forOutstanding Songwriter/Instrumentalist and 2005 MAC Award Winner for Best New York Debut-Male. He is a great, quirky guy! I will be singing an amazingly funny original song of […]
This goes out to all those John Hall’s UCLA Musical Theater Workshop peeps! I had a fantastic time last night. Fantastic. First, went to Don’t Tell Mama’s to sing backup with Amy Rutberg for Tom Lenk’s “Last Minute Show” and Michael Hicks at the piano. It was a UCLA reunion and a wonderful, silly time to be had. Tom sang […]
July 8, 2009Sierra sang with Amy Rutburg for Tom Lenk‘s Comedy Cabaret show “Tom Lenk’s Last Minute Show” at Don’t Tell Mama’s. The sold-out show featured Tom Lenk (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Rock of Ages”) and featured standup, sketches, and comedy songs and covers. Sierra performed her rendition of the Star Trek Theme and enjoyed the mini UCLA reunion with […]
SHOW #1: Stand-up & Musical Comedy with Tom Lenk – Tom Lenk’s Last Minute Show July 8, 2009 @ 8:00pm-9pm One Night Only! My good friend from my UCLA years, Tom Lenk (he played the Balladeer in my production of “Assassins”, but is *more* than likely known for his role of Andrew in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) has asked me […]