by Steven Blier | Mar 12, 2026 | Blier's Blog
Post-scriptum: the New York show was a howling success, and the cast was on fire. So was the audience. The iPad was finally banished from the stage, and everything seemed to have coalesced during the 72 hours between the performances. The artists were at their most...
by Steven Blier | Mar 10, 2026 | Blier's Blog
There is a saying in the theater that bad dress rehearsals make for good opening nights. That is kind of an old wives’ tale, but there is a grain of truth in it. I have found that if I have a fantastic day at the piano during dress rehearsal, I will inevitably play...
by Steven Blier | Mar 7, 2026 | Blier's Blog
In a week-long residency like ours, Friday is usually a day fraught with a certain amount of anxiety, and today ran true to form. Everyone seemed more worried about memorization than I would have expected, even after Béné and I sanctioned the use of an onstage iPad...
by Steven Blier | Mar 6, 2026 | Blier's Blog
My year—like that of many people—falls into two distinct sections. From Labor Day until Memorial Day, I am a denizen of Manhattan. I trundle up and down the Upper West Side wearing deep grooves in the pavement between home and the places I work— Juilliard and Merkin...
by Steven Blier | Mar 6, 2026 | Blier's Blog
No big write-up for today—after rehearsal, I did a 7 PM onstage interview with David Pogue and signed a few books. He was terrific, a bracing conversationalist who brought out my mischievous side. Now I am home, it’s 10:30, I haven’t really eaten dinner, and I have to...
by Steven Blier | Mar 5, 2026 | Blier's Blog
Today was a bit rough for me, though extremely productive for the artists and for the project as a whole. We ran all the songs (with one exception, at Will Kim’s request), worked in detail on everything, and even had time for a Skype call with Jean-Paul Björlin to...
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