Back in 2011 I was approached by a friend, Peter, who owned a bar in Park Slope called The Fifth Estate. Don’t look for it, as the business has long been bought and sold. It had been the Royale before I got there; I had visited it in that era a few times. Then Peter bought it and called it The Fifth Estate. That’s where a few of us local musicians began to play there on a semi-regular...
I work the music station WKZE in the Hudson Valley and this year I cast, produced and directed a radio play of Orson Welles’ version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. People seemed to enjoy it. I played Scrooge… why not? The one Jew at the station. Makes sense. Also in the cast: Jack Grace as Bob Cratchit and The Ghost of Christmas Past, Caitlin Langstaff as Mrs. Cratchit...
It was on Saturday, April 13, 2019 when stepping out of a matinee play at the Public Theater, I ran into a childhood friend, Deborah. She asked me if I was here for the Choir! Choir! Choir! event. I had no idea what she was referring to. She said, that these guys do these pop up events at various locations. They teach the crowd that show up vocal parts of selected song. They become a choir. They...