I finally saw COCO. And OH MY GOODNESS IT IS MAGICAL. Here’s the official blurb/synopsis: Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. Here’s what you need to know: it’s delightful. It’s colorful. It’s funny. It’s a beautiful story about…
DUETS with The Write Teacher(s) Volume 6 returns to Feinstein’s/ 54 Below on June 22 at 9:30pm. Conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo (in association with thewriteteachers.com), with musical direction by Todd Hulet, the evening will feature music from across the musical theatre canon, pairing one Broadway hopeful with a Broadway and/or NYC performer who’s inspired them to join, and stay, in…
WE WILL SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK YOU!, a concert celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock! will play The Laurie Beechman Theater in The West Bank Café, 407 W 42nd Street (at 9th Avenue), New York, NY 10036 on Sunday, May 6th for two shows at 7:00pm & 9:30pm. The evening will feature everyone’s Schoolhouse Rock! favorites including “Conjunction Junction”, “I’m Just A…
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Tess Jonas in “ANYTHING BUT QUIET: THE LIT(ERARY) WOMEN OF MUSICAL THEATRE” on Saturday, April 7. This show is a celebration of the “lit” women of musical theater, ladies lifted from literature, who love literature, and many who were penned by female authors. Jonas creates an evening of feminist…
Initial casting has been announced for Kander and Ebb’s THE HAPPY TIME: 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Thursday, April 19th, 2018, at 7:00pm. The concert will feature Mary Callanan (Bandstand, The Bridges of Madison County),Claybourne Elder (Sunday in the Park with George, Bonnie and Clyde), Debbie Gravitte (Tony Award winner for Jerome Robbins…
DUETS with thewriteteachers.com is back for the sixth time at Feinstein’s/54 Below on June 22 at 9:30pm. Conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo (in association with thewriteteachers.com), with musical direction by Todd Hulet, the evening will feature music from across the musical theatre canon, pairing one Broadway hopeful with a Broadway and/or NYC performer who’s inspired them to join, and stay,…
Samantha Gershman joins DUETS with thewriteteachers.com Volume 6 – June 22 at Feinstein’s/54 Below, at 9:30pm! Conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo (in association with thewriteteachers.com), with musical direction by Todd Hulet, the evening will feature music from across the musical theatre canon, pairing one Broadway hopeful with a Broadway and/or NYC performer who’s inspired them to join, and stay,…
Kristin Stokes (The Lightning Thief, The Ballad of Little Jo) and Peter LaPrade (The Lightning Thief) have joined the line-up for THE CAPULET PARTY at The Green Room 42 on Monday, March 19th at 9:30pm! The previously announced performers for the immersive concert include Olivia Puckett (Dear Evan Hansen, American Idiot), Taylor Iman Jones (Groundhog…
Johnny, a young fiddler from the mountains, must contend with a death in the family, the threat of the law, a hijacked fiddle contest and the loss of his true love on his way to becoming the greatest fiddle player anyone has ever seen. But how will he fare against the greatest threat of them…
The following essay was originally posted on meganminutillo.com. Last night I watched the season premiere of RISE, and my heart exploded into a million different pieces of joy. It was wonderful. It was inspiring. And it felt like I was watching my life play out on my television screen. I have been the English teacher…