I just got the great news that I’ve been “shortlisted” by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus to sing for their Big Gay Idol portion of their Big Gay Sing 2 event! Hosted By Scott Nevins with Special Guest Star Petula Clark! This means that I get to sing at least once on either March 25th or March 26th. […]
First, some pictures taken by the management of the chashama, inc. Flickr gallery: Then, my view of my fellow singers from behind the scenes: More information about the event can be viewed here. You can see the rest of the pictures from the evening of March 3, 2010 with Andrea Dora HERE. You can see the rest of the pictures […]
Time for my actor-geek to lower her head and praise the late Peter Graves (March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010). I liked him in “Mission: Impossible!” I laughed and adored him in “Airplane!” and even “Airplane II.” And in the many episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, he was still a consistently solid actor, despite the inanity and stupidity […]
This is my entry for the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus Big Gay Idol competition — “Maybe This Time” by John Kander and Fred Ebb from the movie musical “Cabaret.” I was invited to submit my entry for this competition after Marquee Five’s February 25th performance of our tribute to Kander & Ebb “We Can Make It: The Songs […]
Two weeks from today is my Birthday! And what better way to celebrate my life than by singing with four other AMAZING people: Vanessa Parvin, Mick Bleyer, Adam West Hemming and Julie Reyburn. Together, we’re MARQUEE FIVE! Come celebrate with me at the Wednesday Night at the Iguana open mic/musical variety show! March 24th – 8PM After a successful run […]
This was originally posted on the MarkJanasTheSalon.blogspot.com blog. Congratulations to my friends, creative co-workers, and especially to my Marquee Five cohorts (member Julie Reyburn and Director of “We Can Make It” Peter Napolitano)! The 2010 Bistro Silver Anniversary Awards announced its list of recipients today, and The Salon was given a Special Award to “The Salon, Created and hosted by […]
For actors in the Los Angeles area, I highly recommend this class by Richard Lawson, who is a terrific actor and a terrific teacher. I took this class and grew a better understanding of my power as a self-promoter, self-creator, what my casting was, and how to handle my career in a more focused, controlled way. Please come to the […]
March 03-11, 2010Sierra was featured in “Art/Song”, a unique combination of technology, art and music at chachama’s Times Square Gallery. This series featured work by deaf composer Jay Alan Zimmerman, visual art by Lisa Ingram, and utilized “layered video projections of real-time frequency analysis software” to make the human voice physical. More info: www.jayalanzimmerman.com and this BroadwayWorld.com article. To view […]
This Weds, March 3rd and the Wednesday after that March 10th (both at 7:00pm) I’ll be singing original works by composer Jay Alan Zimmerman (the “Beethoven of Broadway”) in an extraordinary Art/Song exhibit in Times Square. The voices of singers will be actualized into visual representations via installations by artist Lisa Ingram. As he describes it himself in his website, […]
Here’s a nice writeup of Marquee Five and other great events of the week by Jenna Esposito of BroadwayWorld.com (a great Cabaret artist in her own right!) regarding our Thursday Feb 25th, 2010 show at Don’t Tell Mama : ow.ly/1c4po “A welcome addition to the NYC nightlife scene…terrific performers in their own right…and the blend of their instruments on tight, […]