Photo Flash: Songwriting Team Behind Movie Musical GRIND Make Los Angeles Debut
The award-winning New York-based songwriting team of Selda Sahin and Derek Gregor made their much-anticipated Los Angeles debut at Rockwell: Table & Stage on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Check out photos from the show and afterparty below!
Sahin and Gregor are best known for writing the songs for the hit 2014 short musical film, "Grind," which starred Broadway favorite Anthony Rapp (RENT, IF/THEN). The duo's West Coast debut show featured songs from "Grind" in addition to new work they've recently recorded in LA.
On hand to perform for their fans were Eric Michael Krop (B'way: GODSPELL), American Idol alums Natalie Weiss (B'way: LES MISERABLES, EVERYDAY RAPTURE) and Devyn Rush, actor/singer Blake McIver (Bravo's THE PEOPLE'S COUCH), pop vocalist Gabrielle Taryn, Rockwell favorite Kyra Selman, and up-and-coming musical theatre performer Emily Schultheis. The band included Derek Gregor on piano, keyboards, and acoustic guitar; Mark Byers on electronics; and B'way vets Joshua Mark Samuels on drums, Jerry DeVore on bass, and Eric B. Davis on guitar.
Photos by Amy Francis Schott.
Eric Michael Krop: 'Thanks, IL'
Emily Schultheis (with Jerry DeVore, Derek Gregor, Joshua Mark Samuels, and Eric B. Davis): 'Break His Heart First'
Kyra Selman: 'I Love That I Don't Love You Anymore'
Devyn Rush: 'Some Hearts Are Built to Break'
Blake McIver (with Derek Gregor): 'Shadow of You'
Eric Michael Krop: 'Greater Things'
Zachary Lee-Halley: 'Easier Not to Care'
Gabrielle Taryn: 'Tell Me When You're Gonna Take Me Home'
Natalie Weiss:'I Wait For You'
Eric Michael Krop and Selda Sahin: 'The Storm'
Blake McIver, Emily Schultheis, Joshua Mark Samuels, Mark Byers, Eric Michael Krop, Devyn Rush, Derek Gregor, Natalie Weiss, Colton James, Selda Sahin, Kyra Selman, Steven Tylor O'Connor, Zachary Lee-Halley, Gabrielle Taryn, Amy Francis Schott, Eric B. Davis, Jerry DeVore (photo by Eric Cornwell)
Blake McIver and Bravo network co-host Scott Nevins
Derek Gregor and Natalie Weiss
Emily Schultheis and Devyn Rush
Eric Michael Krop with Gabrielle Taryn and friend
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