To anyone in the theater, music, or movie businesses, the passing of Marvin Hamlisch was an earthquake that caused everyone who knows his name to pause in shock. A winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe, and Pulitzer awards, Marvin was a gentle giant of composition. It was because of all this that I was humbly thrilled to have […]
August 13, 2012After Round 2 in the Top 10, Sierra was chosen to be in the Top Seven competing singers in the 2012 MetroStar Talent Challenge. The 2012 MetroStar Talent Challenge, the fifth annual edition, took place on seven consecutive Mondays from July 9 to August 20, 2012. Hailed as “the best of New York’s smaller clubs” by The New […]
I’m a lucky girl this week! Photo by Hat Head Studios August 11, 2012 “Actors Equity Association (AEA) member Sierra Rein, of New York City, is one of the five lucky winners of a week of free car rental with Union Plus. She was randomly selected from more than 12,600 participants in the Union Plus Car Rental contest. Sierra says […]
Stephen Hanks, Cabaret reviewer, has been busy these past few months and took some time to do a writeup of a number of shows he’s seen! Check out the second page of his article on Broadwayworld.com – near the 3/4 mark, he writes about the Neil Sedaka Tribute/Concert for City Greens concert “Love Will Keep Us Together, that Marquee Five […]
“It’s Down to Seven! MetroStar Competition Gets Hot!” by Danielle Miceli. Read the full article here. A nice, if short, reveal of what I sang and how I did. Bottom line: I got into the Top Seven, that’s how I did! All photos in the article (except the one of Stacie Perlman) are by Adam Jason Photography.
WARNING! THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Full, 100% disclosure here: I looooooooooove “Into the Woods,” as written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. The first act is perfect, a show unto itself, and the second act is dark, real, full of heart and better than most full musicals out there. I performed the role of the Witch at UCLA, have seen […]
Pinch me! After Round 2 in the Top 10 (I sang “Lazy Afternoon/Lazy” from The Golden Apple/Irving Berlin and “The Joint is Really Jumpin’ in Carnegie Hall” from Thousands Cheer, with Bill Zeffiro at the piano), I have been chosen to be in the Top Seven in the 2012 MetroStar Talent Challenge. The next evening, which will also include audience […]
I almost pinched myself whilst sitting in the balcony of the Richard Rogers theater Friday night (August 3, 2012) – finally I would be able to see the Broadway production of “Porgy and Bess,” featuring at least three amazing musical theater performers – Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, and David Alan Grier. I had never seen a production of it before, […]
“THE TOP TEN: Close to 11pm this past Monday night, the results of the voting were revealed and the top 10 were listed on the club’s website. Interestingly, three of the women who made it through have been nominated in the last few years for MAC awards: Billie Roe, Nikki MacCallum and Sierra Rein – as part of the group […]
August 2, 2012 Marquee Five performed at a special show at The Concerts for City Greens on August 2, 2012, with special guest Neil Sedaka present to enjoy the festivities, duet with his niece Holland . M5 sang a medley of Sedaka’s earliest hits, a five-part-harmony arrangement of “Solitaire,” and sang backup for Raissa Katona Bennett (Phantom of the Opera […]