I had a wonderful, music-filled past couple of days. Sunday afternoon, I hiked over to New Jersey to meet up with a quartet of mine. We’re rehearsing for a December-planned project (due for an announcement soon – we just have to get the details ironed out). After that, the home we were rehearsing in was filled with Christmas Carolers for […]
Smokin’! @ The Duplex WARNING: The Songs of Jay Alan Zimmerman You know you shouldn’t, but you’re gonna anyway: smoke, drink, eat donuts, fall in love with the wrong people. So come celebrate your vices with Jay and abunch of hot next-gen Broadway singers: Kevin Massey, Lori Marinacci, Matt Lutz, Mick Bleyer, Sierra Rein and her puppet (!) It’s all […]
See all three videos of Sierra in 1930’s Idol in this YouTube Playlist.
A week or so ago, I used my @SierraRein twitter account in a Backstage.com contest for Actorfest.com (a convention for Showbusiness people – behind the camera/table and in front). The challenge was to respond to the question “Why should actors attend Actorfest?” in 140 characters or less, after of course following @ActorFest. I obliged – usually these are just to […]
Had a blast at 1930’s Idol last night. Didn’t place, but got to sing in both rounds, making me a semi-finalist and a finalist in one night. First round, I sang “I Got You Under My Skin,” and for the second round, I sang “Mon Homme/My Man.” The winners of the evening were Merrill Grant for Audience Favorite, Ritt Henn […]
August 20, 2009Sierra made it to the top 5 in the 2009 1930’s Cabaret Idol, hosted by Jennifer Wren and Bill Zeffiro at Don’t Tell Mama’s, after performing in the preliminaries August 12 and Rounds 1 and 2 of August 20th. To view video from this event, please visit Sierra’s YouTube page.
The Oak Room Open Mic August 13th, 2009 at the Algonquin Hotel Wednesday night last, I had a wonderful evening at the 1930’s Idol, singing a short version of the 1905 song “I Don’t Care,” which I was originally introduced to by Judy Garland’s version in the movie musical “In the Good Old Summertime.” I always wanted to sing it, […]
Last night I had a fun time for 1930’s Idol Preliminaries – singing the first Contestant song of the evening, and winning a spot within the 10 Finalists for next week’s double-round contest. I sang the 1905 song “I Don’t Care”, it was over in a flash! The other contestants who made it to Day 2 included a few good […]