Kander and Ebb:  I’ll be Here

Kander and Ebb: I’ll be Here

As I grew I continued to explore musicals and contemporary music. When I was 13 I was  introduced to classical music and auditioned for Juilliard Pre-College. Now in a completely new genre I tried to grasp the differences and I wanted to learn from someone who was a...
Kander and Ebb:  Sing Happy

Kander and Ebb: Sing Happy

To close the benefit program this week I grabbed a song Amanda Bottoms offered: “Sing Happy,” from the 1965 Flora the Red Menace. The musical is famous for a few things: it marked the first collaboration of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, who would soon go...
Kander & Ebb:  Marry Me / A Quiet Thing

Kander & Ebb: Marry Me / A Quiet Thing

Day Four! Only two more! How will I choose??!? For Thursday’s treat, you delicious NYFOS supporters you, I give you “A Quiet Thing”. I sang this right after I graduated high school in response to my co-stars’ song “Marry Me” in a Portage Players’...