Musical Cafe meeting/party reminder & time change & more announcements
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Sandy
Jan 23, 2013, 1:58:10 AM1/23/13
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The start time for the Musical Café meeting/party this Sunday has been changed from 3:00 to 4:00 in order to avoid conflicting with the Yip Harburg event at the Berkeley JCC (details below).
Sunday, January 27 from 4:00 to 7:00 Musical Café Meeting/Party
Vicky Siegel’s house near the Berkeley/Oakland border (walking distance from the Rockridge BART station)– RSVP for address (Sandy at ald...@yahoo.com).
(If you have already emailed me that you’re planning to come, I have your name on a list, and I’ll send the address and directions in a day or two.)
Please bring snacks or drinks to share. There is a piano, so feel free to bring a song or two.
We will talk about the future of Musical Café. It seems that everyone is pretty much in agreement that we would like to have a regularly scheduled monthly meeting at a space with a piano so that we can present songs and provide each other with feedback on works-in-progress. What is the best day/time for people? Does anyone know of an east bay space with a piano that will be reliably available? Are people willing to pay to attend a meeting at a space with a piano (provided nobody will be turned away for lack of funds)? How much? Are people interested in classes? Guest speakers? A conference? Other ideas? If you can’t attend this meeting but want to share your thoughts, please send me an email.
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Congratulations to Tracy Potter, whose 8 minute musical “A Mother’s Seduction” was selected
to be part of Playground’s 4th annual Musical Theatre Night, which featured six short musicals written in just four-and-a-half days, presented at the Berkeley Rep earlier this week.
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Richard Jennings’s 7 minute rock opera, “The Temptation Of Tim,” will have a one performance showcase presented by The Dramatist Guild of America as part of the San Francisco Footlight Reading Series. Monday, February 4th at the Tides Theatre (old SF Playhouse) 533 Sutter St. San Francisco. Free Admission. February 4, 7:00 PM.
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Peter Alexander’s musical, “In The Hands of the Raven,” will be presented in a semi-staged reading at the Alcove Theatre in SF on February 8, 9 and 10. Tickets are $25. More info at alexandercomposer.com.
_______________________________
Scott Guy of the Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles has just announced plans for a bay area musical theatre workshop the weekend of March 22-24. Details tba.
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Tribute to Yip Harburg
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Show map JCC East Bay 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
Contact: Jewish Music FestivalEmail: elea...@jcceastbay.org
$15 General, $12 Seniors, Students, and JCC East Bay Members
Advance Tickets $13 General, $10 Seniors, Students, and JCC East Bay Members
Discounts for advance purchases available online or over the phone
Brown Paper Tickets phone support is available 24/7: 1-800-838-3006
Doors open at 1:30pm
In a career spanning more than fifty years, lyricist and poet E. Y. “Yip” Harburg (1896-1981) wrote the words to over 600 songs including Over the Rainbow and Brother Can You Spare a Dime. Presented by musical theater historian Bonnie Weiss, instructor, San Francisco State University.
Although Yip Harburg’s name is not as easily recognizable as other lyricists like Lorenz Hart, Ira Gershwin and Oscar Hammerstein, his songs certainly are! With composer Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to the entire score of The Wizard of Oz. The American Film Institute ranked Over the Rainbow the number one song to emerge from a Hollywood film.
Harburg also penned the lyrics to the hit Broadway musical Finian’s Rainbow (with composer Burton Lane). With Harold Arlen he wrote such classics as It’s Only a Paper Moon, Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe, and the Groucho Marx comic gem, Lydia the Tattooed Lady. With composer Vernon Duke, Harburg penned the words to the haunting April in Paris.
In this presentation you’ll learn about Yip’s early years as a poor Jewish kid growing up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and how it influenced his efforts to fight for social justice. You’ll see how his vision is expressed through his lyrics, and via rare interviews. You’ll get to see Yip, himself, performing many of his own songs. What’s more, you’ll see performances of his work by such legends as Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Groucho Marx, plus Tony Award winners Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald. Best of all, you’ll hear Yip relate fascinating stories about how and why he wrote his marvelous words to these great tunes as well as view private archival footage.
Sunday, January 27 from 4:00 to 7:00 Musical Café Meeting/Party
Vicky Siegel’s house near the Berkeley/Oakland border (walking distance from the Rockridge BART station)– RSVP for address (Sandy at ald...@yahoo.com).
(If you have already emailed me that you’re planning to come, I have your name on a list, and I’ll send the address and directions in a day or two.)
Please bring snacks or drinks to share. There is a piano, so feel free to bring a song or two.
We will talk about the future of Musical Café. It seems that everyone is pretty much in agreement that we would like to have a regularly scheduled monthly meeting at a space with a piano so that we can present songs and provide each other with feedback on works-in-progress. What is the best day/time for people? Does anyone know of an east bay space with a piano that will be reliably available? Are people willing to pay to attend a meeting at a space with a piano (provided nobody will be turned away for lack of funds)? How much? Are people interested in classes? Guest speakers? A conference? Other ideas? If you can’t attend this meeting but want to share your thoughts, please send me an email.
______________________________
Congratulations to Tracy Potter, whose 8 minute musical “A Mother’s Seduction” was selected
to be part of Playground’s 4th annual Musical Theatre Night, which featured six short musicals written in just four-and-a-half days, presented at the Berkeley Rep earlier this week.
______________________________
Richard Jennings’s 7 minute rock opera, “The Temptation Of Tim,” will have a one performance showcase presented by The Dramatist Guild of America as part of the San Francisco Footlight Reading Series. Monday, February 4th at the Tides Theatre (old SF Playhouse) 533 Sutter St. San Francisco. Free Admission. February 4, 7:00 PM.
________________________________
Peter Alexander’s musical, “In The Hands of the Raven,” will be presented in a semi-staged reading at the Alcove Theatre in SF on February 8, 9 and 10. Tickets are $25. More info at alexandercomposer.com.
_______________________________
Scott Guy of the Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles has just announced plans for a bay area musical theatre workshop the weekend of March 22-24. Details tba.
________________________________
Tribute to Yip Harburg
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Show map JCC East Bay 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
Contact: Jewish Music FestivalEmail: elea...@jcceastbay.org
$15 General, $12 Seniors, Students, and JCC East Bay Members
Advance Tickets $13 General, $10 Seniors, Students, and JCC East Bay Members
Discounts for advance purchases available online or over the phone
Brown Paper Tickets phone support is available 24/7: 1-800-838-3006
Doors open at 1:30pm
In a career spanning more than fifty years, lyricist and poet E. Y. “Yip” Harburg (1896-1981) wrote the words to over 600 songs including Over the Rainbow and Brother Can You Spare a Dime. Presented by musical theater historian Bonnie Weiss, instructor, San Francisco State University.
Although Yip Harburg’s name is not as easily recognizable as other lyricists like Lorenz Hart, Ira Gershwin and Oscar Hammerstein, his songs certainly are! With composer Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to the entire score of The Wizard of Oz. The American Film Institute ranked Over the Rainbow the number one song to emerge from a Hollywood film.
Harburg also penned the lyrics to the hit Broadway musical Finian’s Rainbow (with composer Burton Lane). With Harold Arlen he wrote such classics as It’s Only a Paper Moon, Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe, and the Groucho Marx comic gem, Lydia the Tattooed Lady. With composer Vernon Duke, Harburg penned the words to the haunting April in Paris.
In this presentation you’ll learn about Yip’s early years as a poor Jewish kid growing up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and how it influenced his efforts to fight for social justice. You’ll see how his vision is expressed through his lyrics, and via rare interviews. You’ll get to see Yip, himself, performing many of his own songs. What’s more, you’ll see performances of his work by such legends as Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Groucho Marx, plus Tony Award winners Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald. Best of all, you’ll hear Yip relate fascinating stories about how and why he wrote his marvelous words to these great tunes as well as view private archival footage.
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