All music fans, students, and aficionados should listen to this episode of Star Talk Radio, hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, entitled “The Music of the Spheres”. It features an interview with Moby and discusses how music is invariably connected to the vibrations of the universe, our emotions, and our brainwaves. Highly recommended!!! From StarTalkRadio.net
…and mentions Marquee Five and our new debut CD “8-Track Throwback” towards the end. Check her out November 27th and 28th!
Check out David Zippel (center, black shirt), who came to the matinee and stopped by to greet the cast of “City of Angels” afterwards at Goodspeed Musicals today! See if you can find me – I’m the one in orange (hardee har har).
…on November 7, I heard the two-year old Marquee Five perform a show called “8-Track Throwback,” a five-part harmony homage to the music of the 1960s and ‘70s. In Marquee Five, I knew I’d found my Manhattan Transfer for the new millennium…“Marquee” is the appropriate moniker for this group of smooth, synchronized and powerful singers who seamlessly blend together for a magical musical brew. There’s little doubt their names will be showcased above a theater entrance somewhere very soon. – Stephen Hanks, Times Square Chronicles, November 12, 2011 Read the rest of this wonderful review/”history of” Marquee Five in the
November 7, 2011At a CD release concert and party at the Laurie Beechamn Theater, Marquee Five officially releases their debut album, “8-Track Throwback,” which is available for order via their web site.
Here’s an update on what’s been going on here in Connecticut and in New York City! I’m still having a terrific time in East Haddam, performing in “City of Angels.” I had two exciting understudy performances as Donna/Oolie while Nancy Anderson accepted her Noel Coward award, appeared on television singing in The Angel City 4 quartet with “Jimmy Powers,” came back to New York to debut Marquee Five’s CD, “8-Track Throwback” with a CD Release Party/Concert, am about to embark on the thing called the Holiday Season, and ate my weight in breakfast fare at The Whistle Stop Cafe in
“8-Track Throwback” CD Release Party and Concert! Join Adam West Hemming, Vanessa Parvin, Mick Bleyer, Sierra Rein and Julie Reyburn as Marquee Five debuts its first CD for **one night only**! Featuring songs from their new CD, “8-Track Throwback” (including hits by Carole King, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel) as well as favorites from past and future shows! This will also be a thank-you celebration to all of our Kickstarter.com backers and Producers. November 7th, 2011 – 7:00pmApproximate running time: 60 minutes Laurie Beechman Theater at the West Bank Cafe407 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY212.695.6909 Returning as
Video highlights from “City of Angels”, taken during the beginning of the run. I am featured towards the end as Angel City 4 (dressed as a hooker along with Vanessa Parvin), wooing Stone out of his wallet.
All photos credit: Goodspeed MusicalsEast Haddam, CT 06423860-873-8664 ©2011Diane Sobolewski. More pictures can be found via the Goodspeed Musicals Facebook Page! “Everybody’s Gotta Be Somewhere” – The Cast of City of Angels “Stay With Me” Jimmy Powers (Jeffrey David Sears) with the Angel City 4 (Vanessa Parvin, Adam West Hemming, Mick Bleyer and Sierra Rein in City of Angels “Brunch” – The cast of City of Angels.
Watch myself, Adam West Hemming, Vanessa Parvin, Mick Bleyer (as the “Angel City 4”) and Jeff Sears (as “Jimmy Powers”) sing two excerpts from “City of Angels”, currently playing at Goodspeed Musicals – goodspeed.org. Dan Pardo on piano.