Brett Macias's Music Mania

“How’s the saucer stand now, my sister?”

Many members of the cast of the national tour of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess will be Inspired By Love May 12th Upstairs at Vitello’s at 8:00pm in Studio City, Los Angeles to benefit ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).

Inspired By Love will feature selections from composer Brett Macias’s musicals Gumbo, Beautiful Dreamer, and Beneath the Surface as well as a world premiere song cycle based on the love sonnets of Pablo Neruda.

Sumayya Ali, Dan Barnhill, Vanjah Boikai, Adrianna M. Cleveland, Roosevelt Andre Credit, Cicily Daniels, Dwelvan David, Nkrumah Gatling, Danielle Lee Greaves, Tamar Greene, David Hughey, Nicole Adell Johnson, Quentin Oliver Lee, Cheryse McLeod Lewis, Sarita Rachelle Lilly, Kent Overshown, Chauncey Packer, Lindsay Roberts, Fred Rose, and Soara-Joye Ross are scheduled to perform.

Dale Rieling will conduct a twelve piece band with orchestrations by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Matt Castle and Frank Galano, Steven Gross, Ben Krauss, Brett Macias, Chip Prince, and Jesse Weiner among others.

Brett Macias received his BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Webster University. As a graduate of the Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Program at NYU, Brett wrote the music for musicals: Fishing The Moon (words by Caroline Murphy), The Lavatory (words by Frederick Sauter), and Beautiful Dreamer (words by Caroline Murphy). Beautiful Dreamer was a finalist in both the 2006 Chicago Stages Festival and the 2007 and 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival. He, with Caroline Murphy, was featured in American Theater Magazine in 2009 as a writing team to watch for their musical Beneath the Surface. He has composed music for Prospect Theater Company, Stephens College, Webster University, Cockeyed Optimists, Encores! (NYC), and the St. Louis Repertory Theatre. Gumbo (words by Christina Quintana) was selected for the 2014 New York Musical Festival Next Link Program. News and his music can be found at brettmacias.com.

“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” plays at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre April 22-June 1, 2014. For information, please visit Centertheatregroup.org/tickets/Porgy-and-Bess/

  Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP) was conceived by Broadway Musical Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Juilliard students to transform the lives of youth using the most powerful tool they had—their art. Today, ASTEP connects performing and visual artists with underserved youth in the U.S. and around the world to awaken their imaginations, foster critical thinking, and help them break the cycle of poverty. Further information can be found at astep.org.

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Holy Schnickies! The thing that kills me is how he messes with us by jumping over the piranha plants, just narrowly missing them.

A little music by me.

The Wedding Song

from the musical GUMBO

Lyrics by Christina Quintana

Facing the loss of his beloved wife, Martha, Dr. Howard Hart descends the floodwaters amidst the City’s chaos to free her and the City from the devil, Boss, and his soul-stealing underwater club, The Gumbo Pot. GUMBO explores the power of music and the mythos of Hurricane Katrina through the heart and resilience of the Crescent City.

I'm talking about MuseMatch with Producer Bill Coyne and singing live in the studio "I'm Bored" with Seth at the keys. Comedian Judy Gold is another guest. 

“Seth Speaks” – will premiere SAT (tomorrow) 2/22 at 5pm ET – it replays at 11pm later that evening.  And also Sunday 2/23 at 10am and 1pm.  Sirius XM “STARS” channel 106.

Seth Speaks with Seth Rudetsky

Spend an hour with Seth Rudetsky as he babbles about things he loves, things he's obsessed with and the things he can't stop talking about. He'll be joined by celebrity friends and people who don't return his phone calls.

Hey everyone,

So I've written a new song with Christina Quintana especially for Kristin Stokes for this incredible benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of New York City. It's happening this Monday night at 54 Below. It's there late show, but who needs to go to work in morning, you that's who. These are songs that are all world premieres across the board and who knows, they could all be destined to be classics. You never know. 

So if you are in the NYC area come support a great cause that I feel super strong about and have a great time in the process. If you aren't consider this a warning shot for all the sweet Youtube clips you'll be seeing on Facebook in the weeks to come. If you can't make it, and want to make a tax deductible donation I can make that happen too.

  The deats:

  MUSEMATCH

A Benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of New York

54 Below

Monday, February 24th 2014

11:30pm

$20 cover charge and a $20 food/beverage minimum.

  Tickets:

http://54below.com/artist/muse-match/

Use the code MMATCH5 for $5 off tickets

@54Below @BGCA_Clubs

BUY THOSE TICKETS NOW!

  To get you psyched, here's a Youtube clip starring yours truly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh14MAUEIsA

Thanks everyone. Hope to see a lot of you on Monday. I'll be the one looking fly.

Brett

Press Release:

Muse Match Concert at 54 Below Will Pair 18 Composers with 18 Singers

By Andrew Gans 31 Dec 2013 

Muse Match, an evening that seeks to answer the question, "What happens when 18 composers go on a blind date with 18 singers?," will be presented Feb. 24, 2014, at 11:30 PM at 54 Below.

Produced by Bill Coyne, the evening will benefit the Boys and Girls Club.

"I have paired 18 composers with 18 singers they have never worked with," Coyne told Playbill.com. "Out of a musical theater blind-date where the pairs discuss their strengths and weaknesses, passions, fears, the composers write a song specifically for and inspired by the singer."

Composers include Daniel B. Mate, Sam Salmond, Rob Rokicki, Julia Meinwald, Nathan Dame, Alexander Sage Oyen, Paul Fujimoto, Drew Fornorola, Caitlin Saylor Stephens, Eric Loehr, Nate Weida, Nikko Benson, Caleb Hoyer, Will Larche, Brett Macias, Eli Katz Zoller, David Alan Thornton and Andy Monroe.

Performers include Eric William Morris, Jillian Louis, Kilty Reidy, Preston Ellis, Mimi Robinson, Demi Fragale, Paul Louis Lessard, Erik Liberman, David Marshall, Analisa Leaming, Victoria Huston-Elem, David Johnson, Jacob L. Smith, Scott Guthrie, Katie Madison, Zachary Prince and Julia Burrows.